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Week of May 8th 2011

CSA Box with blueberries, strawberries, grapefruit, tangelos, tangerines, avocados and apples

Next week we’ll be picking the first stone fruit of 2011, a new variety of peach called “Super Z”.

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Week of March 28th 2011

CSA Box filled with apples, tangelos, oranges, tangerines, and avocados.

Farmer Al and family are out of town this week attending a family wedding. So, my report from the orchards will be brief.

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Week of March 21st 2011

CSA Box filled with apples, oranges, tangelos, avocados, and a jar of olive oil.

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.

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Week of March 14th 2011

CSA box with apples, oranges, tangelos, avocados.

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.

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Week of March 7th 2011

CSA Box filled with apples, oranges, tangerines, tangelos, and avocados.

March is the month of madness here on the farm. We’re either angry at Mother Nature for warm, wet weather, or we’re delirious with delight for dryness.

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