The words “Organic Chemistry” strike fear and loathing into the heart of many a young learner – scientist or not. Dr. Margareta Séquin, known more familiarly as Gréti, is here to help diminish this response. And as the smiling, warm-voiced… Continue Reading
In the tumult that is day-to-day life and the endless to-do list from home and work, I consider my garden a refuge. It is the place to which I retreat to hear myself, to think more clearly, to smell the… Continue Reading
On Thursday October 18th, 2012 from 8:30 to noon, the Butte County Fire Safe Council and the Paradise Fire Safe Council are hosting a Doom the Broom training day from 8:30 am – 12 noon in which the goal is… Continue Reading
I was in my late twenties when I made the move from east-central Vermont to Seattle, Washington in the summer of 1995. My mother traveled with me prior to the real move to help me look for houses, and our… Continue Reading
Brunch at the Farm, Farm Tours, and Produce Sales. When: September 3, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Brunch at the Farm (for pre-paid ticket-holders) Starting at 10am till 1 pm Menu: 1. Scrambled Eggs, with sweet peppers and onion. 2.… Continue Reading
The summer’s most recent heat wave went on long enough that I became stir-crazy. The ensuing sense of restriction actually motivated me to get outside and do something. Pruning an overgrown hedge was the perfect task. Prior to this last… Continue Reading
Susan Tchudi is explaining to me about “adaptogenic” herbs as we walk around the herbal garden growing behind her home at TurkeyTail Farm. “Modern herbalists consider herbs help to calm or soothe the body, neither over-stimulating nor inhibiting normal body… Continue Reading
It was 102 in the shade at 6:15 pm one evening this week. Mid-August and much of the garden looks like a child defeated by a spelling test – head down on the desk, hair mussed, shoulders slumped, face hidden.… Continue Reading
This week we have the pleasure of hearing from Pam Geisel, Statewide Coordinator of the UC Master Gardener Program – several counties of which are accepting applicants for this fall – including Glenn and Shasta. Pam gives us an update… Continue Reading
Life cycles around us constantly and the August garden makes me especially aware of this – reminding me how much I am moved by plants: their constant transformations, their resilience. How a seed can grow from a tiny speck to… Continue Reading
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