Several years ago we rented a farm house to a couple new to the area. Ironically the man’s father-in-law had just purchased our property in…
Posts published by “Bob Dempel”
The Savings Bank of Mendocino County published Rainfall amounts on a small card several years ago. I look at this card often due to a…
Just south of Healdsburg on the east side of Highway 101 was the Campbell Ranch. Almost every resident of Healdsburg and many on the North…
My late friend Ernest Peninou wrote four books on vineyards and wineries in California. I met Ernie in 1977 when he co-owned a grapevine nursery…
I waited 16 months for Sonoma County to issue their report on the spraying of my grapevines. I did not get a call as promised,…
So the grape crop was picked, less than one ton, picked right next to the railroad. I gave a sigh of relief. But this was…
To review, I knew that my vineyard had been sprayed with an herbicide which originated from someone spraying the railroad property that borders me. I…
I was asked a few years ago to inspect a vineyard just outside of Geyserville. I used to get these requests often, and this was…
If you travel the Highway 101 corridor or as I do you see the remnants of the great transporter of the 20th century: the Northwestern…