We were still effectively lost on the slopes of Hatchet Mountain, two pilgrims packing garbage bags stuffed with moist, freshly-harvested marijuana, probably trespassing with every…
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Sunday morning there was a message on the answering machine from a neighboring rancher who said he'd found a dead goat in the middle of…
There we were, the guy “Fly” and I literally dangling on a limb of this outstretched madrone trunk, gripping another branch for dear life with…
As the wild oat and its cousins transform the south slopes from bleached gold to emerald green, the poison oak leaves take on the same…
Returning to the farm on Friday afternoon I was surprised to discover a flock of maybe two dozen seagulls lining the ridge of the roof…
If the Giants had played host to the final two games of the playoffs, the National League Pennant series might still hang in the balance…
On Saturday morning the boys made a beeline for the Boonville Farmers' Market once they'd stuffed their guts on blueberry pancakes at the General Store.…
Harvesting crews are working around the clock in the Valley these days, diesel engines humming and halogen lights burning in the vineyards as well as…
It's no secret what the main agricultural crop of this region is. Wine grapes are the most visible but for the most part only Big…