Reading Time: 4 minutesIn this post we share photos from an afternoon in Capitola, California, a charming Monterey-coast seaside town.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis post traces a 1.5 mile walk along West Cliff Drive, bringing visitors from Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk to Lighthouse Field State Beach, Santa Cruz, California USA.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis is a list of recommendations for Japantown, San Francisco, California, USA.
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn this post we share key lessons learned from the first year permaculture effort based in USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 9.
Reading Time: 5 minutesIn this post we share photos of our first experience harvesting pomegranates from a mature tree on the property and include a recipe for pomegranate jelly.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn this post we share photos of our first experience growing and harvesting pumpkins.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn this post we share a brief history of watermelons, photos of homegrown watermelons being harvested, and a recipe for fresh watermelon juice.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn this post we share photos of year-round interest plants that enhance a permaculture effort based in USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 9.
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn this post we share photos that demonstrate how Northern California’s wildfires have impacted the San Francisco Bay Area’s sky.
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn this post we share how growth has progressed in a permaculture effort based in the Big Basin foothills of Northern California, United States of America.
If you have not already, check out the first and second post in this series.
Reading Time: 7 minutesThis is a list of activity recommendations for three days, two nights in Ojai, California.
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn this post we describe how we made limoncello and share a recipe from the Amalfi Coast, Italy.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn this post we share a brief history of apricots in the United States and a three-ingredient apricot sorbet recipe.
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn this post we share more photos of a permaculture effort based in the Big Basin foothills of Northern California, United States of America.
Reading Time: 6 minutesThis is a list of activity recommendations for two days, one night in Healdsburg, California, USA, named one of the best small towns to visit in America. This itinerary includes visits to nearby wineries in Healdsburg.
If you are in San Francisco or coastal California, you may consider adding a couple of extra days to your plans so you can head inland to explore wine country.













