Mendocino cultivators ready for the big event with their cannabis displayed in jars, before the start of the Harvest Ball this past weekend. (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.

Feeling gratitude for sunshine and good health! After a long and hectic season we’re getting the farm put to bed, cleaning up the damage from the wild pigs and sowing cover crops. Today we’ll finish the fencing projects that we hope will prevent future porcine incursions; things are looking up. 

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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...