Thimbleberry Farms, Bill and Willie Welton

Series Title

Food For Thought

Contributor

Jennifer Bell, Host

Bill Welton, Interviewee

Willie Welton, Interviewee

Jessica Eden, Engineer

Episode Description

You-pick farms have been around forever — I have pleasant memories of picking ripe apricots (that’s something you haven’t eaten lately I’ll bet) right off the tree in Brentwood CA — Brentwood is now covered with houses and the You Pick places are few and far between. Well if you want to relive one of your favorite activities from your childhood, hopefully with children in tow — look no further than Thimbleberry Farms in Fortuna. Bill and Willie Welton have welcomed several generations to their 6 acres of berries, apples, pears, cherries, figs and more. Willie kindly gave me a bag of loganberries and my neighbor is now hooked on the jam…so you know the deal — he has to go pick next year and I’ll make him the jam. Bill took Jessica Eden and I through the orchard and we munched crisp mouthwatering apples as he told us about the varieties, and Bill loaded me down with enough apples to make 2 years worth of apple butter and enough to share for holiday gifts. Keep your eye on Craig’s List, that’s how Willie lets everyone know when this year’s bounty is ripe!

Broadcast Date

2014

Genre/Subject

Apples, Fruit, Local Food Production

Publisher

KHSU

Filename

fft_thimbleberry_farm.mp3

Language

English

Digital Format

Audio/MP3

File Size

23.3 MB

Duration

00:10:11

Generation

Copy

Collection

KHSU

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