SANTA PAULA

Where the almond trees remember the rain, and the rye starter wakes at dawn.

Misty sunrise in the Santa Paula orchard, sunlight streaming through peach branches
First light on the grafted orchard, July 2025. The scars have borne fruit.

Current Season

Late July, 2025. The peach trees are bearing fruit from the grafted limbs. The rye starter peaks in six hours. Cherry jam preserves are cooling on the porch.

What I Make

Not calculators. Not abstractions. Bread, grafts, and ledgers written in sap and soil.