Weekend Postcard: vineyard in the Alexander Valley

Alexander Valley vineyard. Probably a valley oak (Querqus lobata) in foreground.

This is another picture of a vineyard in the Alexander Valley, just east of Healdsburg, in Sonoma County of California.

Agriculture is amazing. Long ago, we humans domesticated (formerly) wild plants and animals for our purposes, and changing what they do radically in the process.

This scene looks peaceful, bucolic, and natural. Well, two out of three is not too bad.

Published by Norm Benson

My name is Norm Benson and my Lowdermilk manuscript is out for beta review. This is the story of Walter and Inez Lowdermilk, an American couple who came to see soil erosion as a threat to civilization. Their pursuit of land conservation carried them from China and the Dust Bowl to Palestine, where their ideas about reclaiming the land helped build the case for the creation of Israel.

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