Apricots Abroad: Croatia
An ‘ich for Apricots The Santa Clara Valley was filled with “ichs” during my childhood in Saratoga. Within the small city’s 12 square miles, many orchard farm family names ended…
Tag: orchards
Happy Holly ‘Cots to You!
Here in California, the holidays are approaching but our hearts and minds are on the human and environmental impacts of recurring monstrous fires. It’s hard to feel too jolly right…
New Adventures in Apricots
I have loved apricots for as long as I can remember. They color my fondest memories of growing up in the Santa Clara Valley. As a child, orchards still extended…
Spring Fever
Spring fever set in for the first time in years during the intense California winter of 2017. The five-year drought brought inconsequential rainstorms along with freakish heat waves reaching 80…