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The cherry outlook is good…but late. They’ll arrive maybe a week to even 10 days later than last year which was the usual start date of May 15.
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Week of April 18th 2011
Posted in Articles, Newsletter Tagged with: Apples, avocados, cherries, Fuerte avocados, golden nugget tangerines, Hass Avocados, Kiwi, Navel Oranges, olsen organics, oranges, pests, strawberries, tangerines
Week of April 11th 2011
My worst fears have come true. Our apricot blossoms went from snowy white and beautiful to black and ugly.
Posted in Articles, Newsletter Tagged with: Apples, apricots, avocados, blood oranges, brown rot, Citrus, Fuerte avocados, Fuji apples, Kiwi, limes, Navel Oranges, olsen organics, oranges, persian limes, pink lady apples, pruning, tomatoes, weather
Week of March 28th 2011
Farmer Al and family are out of town this week attending a family wedding. So, my report from the orchards will be brief.
Posted in Articles, Newsletter Tagged with: Apples, avocados, Fuerte avocados, Fuji apples, golden nugget tangerines, minneola tangelos, Navel Oranges, peach fruit topping, pink lady apples
Week of March 21st 2011
So, I just finished commiserating with my friend Bill Denevan, the apple grower from Santa Cruz, and he told me a couple of war stories about years past like this one.
Posted in Articles, Newsletter Tagged with: Apples, arkansas black apples, avocados, Citrus, Community, events, golden nugget tangerines, Hass Avocados, heritage varieties, minneola tangelos, olsen organics, oranges, pink lady apples, tangerines
Week of March 14th 2011
Our second annual Blossom Festival was a big success, with good weather and great “bee” talks by our honeybee beekeeper, Alan Hawkins, and our native bee specialist, Marissa Ponder from UC Berkeley.
Posted in Articles, Newsletter Tagged with: albany, Apples, avocados, bees, blossom festival, blossoms, Citrus, Community, community building, crop, events, golden nugget tangerines, Hass Avocados, minneola tangelos, north berkeley, pink lady apples, tangerines, weather, westbrae
