Abbondanza Farm

Abbondanza Farm Abbondanza is a biodynamic farm and learning center for mindful farming and gardening located in Ama Abbondanza is the Italian word for abundance.

Abbondanza is a micro-farm and learning center for mindful farming and gardening. The 4.8 acres are situated on a gentle north slope of an east-west running ridge in the eastern end of the Shenandoah Valley of Amador County, California. Here an abundant amount of time, attention, love, and effort is spent fostering healthy vital soil alive with microorganisms, mycorrhizal fungi, worms….LIFE. Our m

ission is to inform and inspire regenerative organic and Biodynamic® farming approaches, healthy eating, and mindful living through our actions. An abundance of good nutritious produce and very special essential oil of lavender comes from the soil here that not only feeds us but others too. Our seasonally fresh and very local fruit, nuts, vegetables and essential oil can be obtained locally at the Plymouth Farmer’s market, Amador Vintage Market, Motherlode Harvest (http://mlharvest.com), Taste, Sutter Creek Provisions and here at the farm.

And during that busy weekend, the photographer side of me shared knowledge with a small photography class who came by to...
09/30/2024

And during that busy weekend, the photographer side of me shared knowledge with a small photography class who came by to visit. I demonstrated the 4 x 5 camera and took a photograph of the group.

These past few days on the Michaelmas weekend Two Biodynamic preparations were placed in the Earth here at Abbondanzafar...
09/30/2024

These past few days on the Michaelmas weekend Two Biodynamic preparations were placed in the Earth here at Abbondanzafarms. On Friday a group of high school students assisted in harvesting nettles that we placed the Earth to be dug up and retrieved next September 27, and Sunday a small group of friends helped put amazing manure from West Haven Longhorns into horns. These were placed in the Earth and will be retrieved late spring.

So crazy busy this month. Four separate harvest of grapes. Many farmers markets. Visits from schools and master gardener...
09/25/2024

So crazy busy this month. Four separate harvest of grapes. Many farmers markets. Visits from schools and master gardeners as well as part of the farm tour with drone demonstration. A quick visit to the top of the mountains and to the shore of the ocean. Busy busy, busy happy to be.

A fantastic event coming up in February that I am honored to be a part of again for the second year. Highly recommend pe...
01/08/2024

A fantastic event coming up in February that I am honored to be a part of again for the second year. Highly recommend people in my local area to attend. It’s a congregation of many special people who love the Earth.

Salad is the last thing I eat at a meal. This was my last salad of 2023. Everything here came out of the garden. Remembe...
01/01/2024

Salad is the last thing I eat at a meal. This was my last salad of 2023. Everything here came out of the garden. Remember what you put in your body becomes you.🍷❤️

Getting dinner, set up, the salad, everything out of the garden, just picked, the wine from natural wine maker, Chris Wa...
09/21/2023

Getting dinner, set up, the salad, everything out of the garden, just picked, the wine from natural wine maker, Chris Walsh, End of Nowhere, who buys my Zinfandel. All getting the approval of Buddy, (master cat of Abbondanzafarms ). wines

Yellow. What a joyful uplifting vibration sings from the old Meyer lemon tree outside my bedroom window at the eastern c...
01/15/2023

Yellow. What a joyful uplifting vibration sings from the old Meyer lemon tree outside my bedroom window at the eastern corner of my house. What a nurturing gift bringing balance during these gray dark rain field days of winter.

So first earlier today I put up some new flags, then Buddy and I sat and meditated about the significance of this day. h...
12/22/2022

So first earlier today I put up some new flags, then Buddy and I sat and meditated about the significance of this day. hey this is happy New Year’s how disconnected we are as a group of people when we think of the new year on January 1 hello, today is the solstice this is the day it all stops we are between the diminishing light and the rising light as we travel around our star.

Students from Independence High School here in Amador County come to help and learn every three weeks. This past visit w...
11/21/2022

Students from Independence High School here in Amador County come to help and learn every three weeks. This past visit we focused on making compost, lifting nettles out of the ground that have been buried one year (prep 504) and of course drinking nettle tea. The 152 tomato plants, magnificent basil and basil and pepper plants that flourished all summer were ground up and mixed into the compost to simmer all winter becoming beautiful soil by spring.

Today was a most magical day as students from Independence High School here in Amador County joined me for the morning. ...
09/30/2022

Today was a most magical day as students from Independence High School here in Amador County joined me for the morning. This is their first visit of the year and they will be coming every three weeks through next spring becoming a part of the farm. Aside from making pesto sauce from the abundant basil the students learned about the Biodynamic ritual of making the cow manure preparation (500) as they helped me stuff horns with the manure from very special cows living at Westhaven Farm. We buried the horns on the hillside and we will dig up the spring

And today the harvest continues but this time Lavender. At Abbondanza there are many crops to harvest and special friend...
08/30/2022

And today the harvest continues but this time Lavender. At Abbondanza there are many crops to harvest and special friends game and helped this morning. farming farming

Yesterday morning we picked 88 pounds of heirloom tomatoes and 38 pint containers of gorgeous sun gold and Valentine che...
08/26/2022

Yesterday morning we picked 88 pounds of heirloom tomatoes and 38 pint containers of gorgeous sun gold and Valentine cherry tomatoes! Lovely farmers market last night. This morning back to making pesto from the abundant basil and sauce from some of the leftover tomatoes! Then doing a distillation of dried lavender bud. Lots going on at Abbondanza, grapes veggies and of course enjoying the love of the cats.

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13392 Shenandoah Road
Plymouth, CA
95669

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+12092453846

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