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Seasons

planting time

This is the time of year when I’m planting like crazy.  A few weeks ago I planted the first batch of seeds in our makeshift greenhouse in the basement that will grow into summer veggies, such as tomatoes, peppers and eggplant.  I spent some time over the winter scouring the internet for sources of unusual

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Storm

    The past few days we have had some wild storms come through and the first night the wind was so strong that we were worried that one or many of our big trees would fall victim to it. Saturday evening the power in our area went out and as far as I could

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White is hip

Ramon and I spent the last two weeks in Oakland, packing up the final remnants of our stuff, meeting with various contractors, and picking out paint colors.  White walls, white countertops, white everything is what Bay Area house buyers are looking for, apparently. Which doesn’t completely work for our house since we have so much

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New life

Most days I go on a walk around the property to check on things like the irrigation system, ponds and our drinking water storage, and so yesterday morning I went around with my camera in hand since I also wanted to take some photos for our blog and newsletter.  While I was walking at the

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Top 10

There are many things I love about Reverie like the peace and quiet, the wild life, the springs and ponds, all the beautiful trees, the food we grow and of course the stunning views. But there is one thing that has the ability to be the highlight of any day, it can make you reflect

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Strawberries

    It’s strawberry season! Last year we planted three different kinds of strawberries (18 to 20 strawberry plants each), two of which were “ever-bearing” and one of which was “June-bearing.”  The idea was that the June-bearing strawberries would give it up all at once so I would have enough at one time to make

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