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.
The change in the weather is palpable, cool against my face as I step out into the dawn light. Fog has rolled in during the night, blanketing the landscape, cooling and softening. The air feels moist, the morning is quiet in anticipation of the coming storm. I am glad for the shift, the early fall heat has been wearing on my tired psyche as I struggle to keep cool weather crops wet and happy.
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