Created legendary Napa restaurant, then regenerated a farm by Kirsten Dirksen on September 10, 2012 In 1978 Don and Sally Schmitt opened a restaurant in a former french laundry in a tiny Napa Valley town. …
Backyard farmers by necessity: self-sufficient and debt-free by Kirsten Dirksen on April 30, 2011 When Myrna and Earl Fincher married 53 years ago they started farming their yard “out of necessity”. As Earl remembers: …
