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Fulfilling a member request, we had recently donated a box of fruit to the local, just around the corner from us, Discovery Bay scouting Troop 514 for them to have some healthy snacks on their hike.
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Week of December 27th
The wet weather continues to hit us here in Brentwood, which keeps us from our winter work of pruning the trees for next year’s harvest. The rain also takes away the chilling hours I mentioned in last week’s newsletter.
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: Apples, brenner ranch, bruce rider & sons, Citrus, CSA, Feijoa, Frog Hollow Farm pears, Fuji apples, Hauer Pippen Apples, heritage varieties, Navel Oranges, Swift Subtropical, warren pear
Week of December 20th
For us, “tis the season” of cold, wet weather… Working in muddy soil to prune 25,000 trees, rake the prunings, trap gophers, and generally get the trees ready for the coming years crop.
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: Apples, brenner ranch, bruce rider & sons, Citrus, Clementine, conserve, farm kitchen, Feijoa, Frog Hollow Farm pears, Mandarins, nifty facts, olsen organics, oranges, pruning, Stehly Organics, Swift Subtropical, unusual fruit, valencia oranges, warren pear
