Today I drove the length of the Salinas Valley. I don’t have any photos, or even anything really coherent to say about it, but I always feel a deep sense of love as I drive through Paso Robles, San Miguel, San Ardo, San Lucas, King City, Greenfield, Soledad, Gonzales, Chualar, Salinas, Prunedale, then cross the [...]
Because I love them so much, I’m reposting this from TLC Ranch. —- Our trusty farm truck, a 1995 Ford F250 diesel with about 184k miles on it has taken too much abuse both on the farm and hauling heavy animal loads to the slaughterhouse. It has become a black hole for money, needing constant [...]
I’m a docent at Año Nuevo State Reserve. Today I went for my one-day-a-month-in-the-off-season, where docents don’t lead guided walks, but are available to answer questions and keep the seals safe. Since it was a Saturday morning, and I didn’t have to be at the park until 9:30, I stopped at the Westside Santa Cruz [...]
Today, I took my family on a farm tour at TLC Ranch. Jim Dunlop and his wife Rebecca Thistlethwaite, raise pigs and laying hens in Watsonville. The animals are raised on pasture, fed organic feed, and, as ethicurians would put it it, have only one bad day in their lives. Jim now has 3,500 chickens. [...]