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My worst fears have come true. Our apricot blossoms went from snowy white and beautiful to black and ugly.
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Week of April 11th 2011
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 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
Week of February 28th 2011
Things are really moving now…. We’re actually seeing fruit on some early varieties! The Apache apricots have fruit, as do the Honey Rich apriums. And our newest addition to early harvest varieties is the Super Zee peach, which also already has fruit.
Posted in Articles, Newsletter Tagged with: Apples, avocados, blossom festival, Citrus, contests, events, grapefruit, Hass Avocados, murcott tangerines, Navel Oranges, oranges, pink lady apples, tangerines
Week of February 22nd 2011
It is a beautiful day here on the farm. To the west is Mt. Diablo, covered in snow and towering 4500 feet over the vast central valley.
Posted in Articles, Newsletter Tagged with: Apples, avocados, bees, blossom festival, Citrus, events, Hass Avocados, murcott tangerines, native bee project, Navel Oranges, olsen organics, oranges, Pink Lady, pink lady apples, tangerines
