Sense of Place: Wookey Ranch
Spring is over. The rains have stopped and the north wind blows incessantly, creating ripples and white caps on the sea of wild oats and barley. Yellow mariposa lily, pink checkerbloom, harvest brodiaea, and farewell-to-spring are in bloom, a floral last hurrah before the heat and dust of summer sets in. In swales and ephemeral […]
Gale Vineyards
In the photo above, note the truth door, which reveals the room’s straw bale construction. In 1980, Steve Gale purchased Stanford Oaks Estate, located on Stanford Lane adjacent to Butte Creek. Steve had moved from his Oakland home to Chico to study for a degree in Physical Education and Biology. Some of his interest in […]
