Redwood Estates Pool

Redwood Estates Services Association (RESA) is hiring lifeguards for the upcoming 2026 pool season. Come be a part of the community, meet new friends, and earn excellent wages. This job requires lifeguard certification and CPR with AED. (RESA will reimburse 50 percent of the cost of your lifeguard certification upon completion of your first pool season, and the remaining 50 percent upon completion of your second pool season.) The pool is open Saturday, May 23 through Monday, September 7, with the option of running through the end of September on a limited basis. Work hours are 11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 11:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on weekends.

To apply, email officemanager@ redwoodestates.info, or call 408-353-1866 for more information. Lago Lomita Vineyards Vineyard Cover Crops Robin Porter I have written a lot about the vines at Lago Lomita. But what about the space between the vines? If you plant the vines, you also need to manage the land throughout the vineyard.

Winegrape growers plant a cover crop. What you plant depends on what you are trying to achieve in the vineyard. Some growers, especially in Napa and Sonoma, use mustard seed. There is even a mustard season that is marketed for tourists to come off- season. The growers like it because it reseeds and comes back in subsequent years after planting. It’s useful as a natural pesticide, and its deep roots help break up clay soils.

It creates a yellow carpet over the land, which helps control erosion during the rainy season. Other cover crops are useful as well. We sometimes choose bell beans and barley. Legumes like bell beans and peas help bring new nitrogen from the air into the soil. Barley helps control erosion and adds organic matter. Sometimes we order a vineyard mix from our seed supplier.

The California poppy naturally populates our vineyards, and I think it’s prettier than mustard. We can see sweet peas coming up all over the vineyard this time of year. These grow through the winter, controlling erosion, water, soil health, nutrients, weeds, and pests. In the spring, we till or mow them to add all these nutrients into the soil.

When you drive past a vineyard this time of year, look between the vines. There’s life support down there!