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Dear Friends, I hope this finds you safe, healthy and hopeful! For the past 15 years, this Sunday, the Sunday of the International Pinot Noir Celebration, would find me and hundreds of others exhausted after the 3 day celebration. Exhausted, in a good way. It is a true celebration of the love of Pinot Noir,…

Prepping for fall in the Brooks Estate Garden, and all of the delicious ingredients being utilized on our September menu.

Spring is around the corner in the Brooks Estate Garden despite recent snow and frost.

The Brooks chickens have a new coop, and the garden is exploding with delicious herbs, fruits, and veggies for the menu this month!

The deep stillness of winter overtakes the Brooks Estate Garden.

Shannon prepares for fall as the Brooks Estate Garden produces an abundance of produce for the kitchen.

Shannon reflects on the year and the passing of time as winter arrives.

Dear Friends, I hope this finds you all well, safe and happy. With all the challenges in 2020, I want to focus on celebrating today. So let’s start with celebrating the rain we had in Oregon last week. It is helpful to the firefighters. Our hearts continue to go out to everyone affected by the…

Shannon embraces the quiet stillness of fall as she prepares to plant a pollinator-friendly hedgerow with our community.

Confusion, emotion, disbelief, and panic set in.  I was in California.  I needed to get to Oregon. The next hours, days and weeks that went by were blurry to say the least.