Thimbleberry Farms, Bill and Willie Welton

Series Title

Food For Thought

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    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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