Terraced hillside farrm in bloom. (Casey O'Neill/HappyDay Farms via Bay City News)

Casey O’Neill is a farmer and owner of Happy Day Farms in Laytonville, Calif. The opinions expressed in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of The Mendocino Voice. If you’d like to write your own column for The Mendocino Voice, send your idea to info@mendovoice.com.

This is the season of long days with much to do.  Animal chores begin before seven each morning, and evening chores go until well after 8 each night.  The time in between is a whirlwind of weeding, hoeing, prepping, planting and sowing.  The work is both varied and repetitive, a strange but settling combination.

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Kate Maxwell founded the Mendocino Voice in 2016 along with Adrian Fernandez. She served as publisher until June 2024 when the Mendocino Voice merged with the nonprofit Bay City News Foundation, led by...