We finally built two enormous compost piles yesterday!  Tiffany and Andy each had an 8 foot X 8 foot X 5.5 foot space....  and filled them bountifully!  I had the easy job.... working my newest toy... a used Caterpillar Skid Steer.  Layer upon layer.... kale plants, wood chips mixed with horse manure from the finest stables in the bay area, goat manure, excess strawberry plants, chicken manure and straw from our chicken house, fluffy grass plants dug up from the garden, sheared off barberry and ... [Continue Reading]

As far as I can figure (much muddling and discussing), these are the session dates for our upcoming season, private groups, family camps, artstays.  Things are "changed up" a bit.   Check out the names!  Realize these can be altered (not the dates, the names).... Feel free to make suggestions for your session (Yep, I think we need names for our weeks....) Week 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, may be easy to remember, but I have to keep my brain working!  As well, I've listed the IMPORTANT DATES to remember for ... [Continue Reading]

We're now accepting workshop proposals for the upcoming season, ArtStays  2018. ArtStay I:  June 5-9 ArtStay II:  September 10-14 ArtStay III:  September 17-21 Participants and instructors of ArtStay I, 2017, shown above.  The June workshop was actually quite chilly and a bit rainy... but inspiration and creativity were abundant. The succeeding ones, August and September, were warm, pleasant.... with imaginations burgeoning throughout! Laura Fogg,  instructor for "Quilted ... [Continue Reading]