A few changes for this upcoming season at Emandal.  Perhaps it's because I'm getting older.... but I like to think it's because I'm getting wiser... finally!   We are offering four (4) night stays this year..... only 4 night stays, or less for a couple of groups.  And, because schools are forcing their way into our summer, we're having to combine two of our sessions.  We can no longer manage the intensity of a group leaving one day, and the next one arriving 24 hours later.  I KNOW that for ... [Continue Reading]

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]

"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]