A big 2020 apple harvest season is all wrapped up, with many changes this year. Not only adapting our harvests to the pandemic, but also adapting (coping with?) the destructive wildfires that started in Northern ... Read More
One of the silver linings of the 2020 pandemic has been the opportunity to work more closely with our friends at Filoli, the historic estate near Woodside. The main gardens have many ... Read More
The Outlook, a publication by the Saratoga Area Senior Coordinating Council (SASCC), published a print article in the August 2020 edition about the very ... Read More
The 2020 "fast and furious" apricot orchard harvest season ended Wednesday July 1 with a sunset pick at the Saratoga Heritage Orchard. In 2 1/2 weeks and three weekends we enjoyed 11 harvests of heritage orchards in ... Read More
This short article describes easy methods to harvest plums from your tree at home, and many apply to apricots as well. You can enjoy them yourself, share with friends and family, and donate extra fruit to local food ... Read More
This is a lightly updated version of a PDF document that's helped many home tree owners learn easier ways to pick their fruit since first ... Read More
