More on J & P Farms

Willie and I took a drive down to J & P Farms this morning to check out the fruit. It was very cool! Currently there were peaches, kumquats, lemons and free rosemary. We got a basket of large peaches to eat and a basket of small peaches to make into a crisp. However, when we got home and tasted them, Sandi U was right. The smaller ones are not nearly as sweet as the big ones. For those, you need a towel cause they are soooooo sweet and juicy! The best part was walking through the orchard. Check out these beautiful peaches.

One of the loveliest trees we saw was a pomegranate. I had never seen one growing before. The leaves are glossy green and the flowers are bright red. You can also see the fruit forming in the picture on the right. I was already planning on adding one to my "orchard" until Willie reminded me we have zero space for another tree! We saw tons of peaches, almonds in their velvety coats, figs, bee hives, citrus and apricots.

Willie took these pictures with his iPhone, plus a LOT more which you can see on his Mobile Me site. For those of you who are into technology and want the exact location of a particular picture, they also contain GPS info. Click the i on the pic and scroll down. Also included in this group of pictures is one of the panel from last night's showing of Fresh!, including Michael Pollan, which I'm sure Sandi U will write more about soon.

Finally, for those of you looking forward to pears, check out these beauties!