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Ugly Heirloom Fruits
Hereβs the truth - heirloom fruit is often less than perfect on the surface, and sometimes, just downright ugly. The russeted skin of an old apple variety seems rough and...
Ugly Heirloom Fruits
Hereβs the truth - heirloom fruit is often less than perfect on the surface, and sometimes, just downright ugly. The russeted skin of an old apple variety seems rough and...
Pear Picking & Ripening
Have you ever picked or bought pears that were rock hard, and stayed that way? How about the super mushy yet gritty ones? Yeah. Blech. Those were pears that were...
Pear Picking & Ripening
Have you ever picked or bought pears that were rock hard, and stayed that way? How about the super mushy yet gritty ones? Yeah. Blech. Those were pears that were...
Thorn and Bloom: All About Growing Roses
Letβs get this straight: roses are a symbol for love for most excellent reasons. They are difficult, they are cruel, and they will cut you. And yet, the sight and...
Thorn and Bloom: All About Growing Roses
Letβs get this straight: roses are a symbol for love for most excellent reasons. They are difficult, they are cruel, and they will cut you. And yet, the sight and...
Fruit Thinning, AKA: How to Kill the Many to Be...
Spring has sprung, and sprouted, and splattered weeds everywhere, to create the glorious verdant blanket of the season. For the first time ever, I am feeling somewhat on top of...
Fruit Thinning, AKA: How to Kill the Many to Be...
Spring has sprung, and sprouted, and splattered weeds everywhere, to create the glorious verdant blanket of the season. For the first time ever, I am feeling somewhat on top of...
The Eating of Persimmons
This article is a companion piece to the Growing of Persimmons, published on the Monterey Chapter of the California Rare Fruit Growers blog here. When I was a child growing...
The Eating of Persimmons
This article is a companion piece to the Growing of Persimmons, published on the Monterey Chapter of the California Rare Fruit Growers blog here. When I was a child growing...
Giving Thanks
Itβs been quite a year. After 5 years on this property, planting trees and building a farm in the slowest of possible ways, we finally had a real harvest, and...
Giving Thanks
Itβs been quite a year. After 5 years on this property, planting trees and building a farm in the slowest of possible ways, we finally had a real harvest, and...