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Winter is slowly waning

It has certainly been a wet winter here in Santa Barbara County. We have received more than 33 inches of rain...

Start of 2022 Notes & News

Happy (almost) spring! We sincerely hope you had a calm and refreshing start to the New Year...

Summer feels good

I received from one of the grandson’s of Charlotte Young. The note read, “I was touched to see the pictures of the vineyard I grew up in flourishing with life...

Lens into the vineyard: Annual Owl Box Maintenance

  Owl nesting boxes are an important aspect of our healthy no-till vineyard. We've built our boxes large enough for Great Horned owls, but ideally suited for Barn owls. Both...

Lens into the vineyard: Compost Spreading

We use compost as an essential building block for achieving balanced soil health at Ibarra-Young...