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Harvest Is Complete

Jan 10, 2011

This was a sweet sight.

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Rains Delay Deliveries

Dec 29, 2010

Someone forgot to tell Mother Nature that this is supposed to be a La Niña weather year. You know - drought conditions for the West.

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Record Rains?

Dec 24, 2010

Record Rains Slow Harvest

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Next Year's Seedling Field

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Yard Bareroot Processing in Fog

Dec 16, 2010

Perfect Tree Weather

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Forklift in Processing Yard in Mid Morning Fog (9:30 AM)

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Persimmon Harvest

Dec 11, 2010

Persimmon Harvest

It's Saturday and it's harvest season - so yes we are working! Since the phones were quiet this Saturday morning, I took a trip over to see the digging of the 3 year Persimmon trees. Why? This is the first year where the 3 year persimmons were coming off the new Drip System. In fact everything in this digging season (and from now on out) is coming off the drip system. I wanted to see how good the roots were developed.

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