For years, we hosted a Fall Festival, the Saturday after Thanksgiving.... until we didn't. Not that we don't appreciate work on the farm... but I think that particular event got to be too much... especially when it rained or snowed. However, wreath-making on that Saturday has remained. We still do it, and welcome anyone who wants to come join us! Manzanita, fir, pine and madrone from our woods.... redwood and huckleberry from friends on the other side of Willits.... rosemary, snowberries, ... [Continue Reading]
Thanksgiving 2018
"Being done" with jamming before Thanksgiving was our goal this fall.... and so we were.... mostly. The freezers have very little fruit left... absolutely NO blackberries, strawberries or tart red cherries. I can't say that every one of our over 5000 jars has been labeled, nor do we have the designs for a couple of our new ones, but, well on our way! Hundreds of filled boxes line the walls of the Dining Room, awaiting placement in the "new" farm store for this summer. Seeing the farm ... [Continue Reading]
My Brother Maxim
My brother, Maxim Zbitnoff, lived at Emandal numerous times throughout his adult life, the last time being the two years or so he resided in our bunk house, working on trying to prove the doctors wrong about his pulmonary fibrosis. When he "crossed over" last June, I was prompted to create this list of all the building and fabricating he did over the years... much of which you have seen if you've ever been to the farm. Milk Stanchion in barn (an engineering feat of cement, way beyond ... [Continue Reading]
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