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ebrew tasting and campfiring and we say it every year but this year s party really was the best one yet left friends paula tony and adolfo right mikail in his bh ranch t shirt and phyllis my dear friend antonio de lucci took these gorgeous photos of the festivities and i m so glad he did i never manage to snap enough he perfectly captured the afternoon drenched in golden sunlight and look real honest to goodness polaroids at left the tipi presides over the gathering with a giant woodpile at the ready for campfire time when it gets dark right yes we really did haul out the gigantic vintage punch bowl for pear pomegranate punch made with our own pear juice who says you can t be fancy just because you re out in the orchard tom leading the tour punch bowls aside the orchard of course is the real star of the party everybody finds a glass of something and heads out for a tour before dinner i always feel like the farm just loves having all these people wandering around admiring the arkansas black apples still on the trees tasting grapes under the arbor and taking turns to duck into the little wine cellar and then it s time for dinner a fabulous potluck one of the things i love most about this party is that it s a rare opportunity to bring together all our friends from various spheres farmers musicians beekeepers radio djs artists teachers foragers endurance runners and homesteaders all sit down together with homemade food and drink and it s such fun to see all the unexpected connections and conversations that come up somehow no matter how many people show up there s always the perfect number of haybales to sit on and the big table magically expands to fit every last delicious dish above our neighbour elizabeth brought pear marmalade and pear butter that she made from our fruit clockwise from left photographer antonio de lucci heirloom variety table grapes under the arbor last rays of sun in the orchard a sweet photo of my dad and me with an impressive array of home brewed libations on the table in addition to the pot luck there s always a hearty brew luck going on come dusk i did manage to get out my camera and snap a few photos of the campfire marshmallows appear tom produces a bundle of fresh pear twigs perfect for toasting sticks and everyone gathers around the crackling flames as the crisp chill of a fall evening settles in it s been another marvelous season with great farmer s market days wonderful customers and friends some of the most beautiful fruit we ve ever grown and yet another fantastic party to celebrate it all thanks to all of you for supporting our little family farm that could we re so grateful to have you as our community wishing you all a bright and beautiful autumn many thanks to antonio de lucci for the photos check out more of his work at antoniodelucci com share this email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x like loading 7 comments filed under around the farm autumn foto friday tagged as autumn farm festival harvest orchard party october 5 2013 2 37 am harvest party time hello there blogfriends just a quick post to let you know that our annual b h ranch harvest party is coming up this sunday afternoon i wanted to extend the invitation to you our readers to come by if you re in the area and celebrate the harvest season in all its abundant splendour it s our 95th birthday and yes there will be cake just drop us a note to bhranch gmail com for details and directions if you d like to join us happy harvest share this email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x like loading 1 comment filed under around the farm august 23 2013 11 39 pm they re here and we will be at the auburn old town farmer s market on saturday morning roseville fountains on tuesdays as well the bartletts are fabulously perfectly delicious right now come and pick up some first of the season beauties this weekend or contact us to buy some directly from the ranch if you are looking for a larger quantity oh and we ll have honey at the market too but in limited quantities this year so better get yours quick we ll be at local farmer s markets through august and most of september see you out there for more info on our local farmers markets including a complete market schedule visit www foothillfarmersmarket com share this email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x like loading leave a comment filed under around the farm august 17 2013 2 05 am summer in the hedgerow hi there long time no blog it s been a busy summer around here school tours at the farm cooking demos at the state fair some exciting news coming soon for the homestead radio hour and now the getting ready for farmer s market season not to mention all the sundry regular business of farming so in celebration of all that is summer i thought a visit to our new hedgerow would be a nice way to ease back into the blogworld clockwise from top left pomegranate myosotis perennial sunflower buddleia so what s a hedgerow anyway the world conjures up bucolic english country lanes lined with damsons and sloes the kinds of thorny shrubbery whose obscure fruits inevitably end up in jellies wines or gin all fine and well but what s it got to do with a sunny california fruit ranch borage an all time favourite with the bees of both the honey and bumble sort first let s start with a bit of background simply and broadly put a hedgerow is a planting of shrubs trees and or herbaceous plants for a reason they re typically dense hence the hedge in a linear layout the row and serve a purpose other than decoration or simple food production in fact hedgerows of any description play multiple roles sure they re attractive and can include plantings of edible and useful shrubs and plants but their utility goes beyond mere ornamentation the earliest known hedgerows date from the neolithic age and were used to enclose fields for growing cereal crops a hedge would have served as a living fence marking field boundaries keeping animals and livestock in or out even providing defense against attack on top of that hedgerows would also provide wood food and shelter for for game and wildlife their utility kept them in regular use through the centuries from the middle ages to the industrial era and up to the present day although barbed wire and modern livestock fencing offer easier and more convenient ways to fence fields hedgerows are still in use in great britain and much of the world though many historic hedges in the uk were neglected or destroyed to make way for modern field systems and food production the hedgerow is making a comeback worldwide as an important element in sustainable agriculture which brings us to the b h ranch continue reading share this email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x like loading 4 comments filed under around the farm homestead how to orchard organic summer tagged as beneficials farming hedgerows ipm organic pest management pollinators january 19 2013 8 07 pm in the news b h ranch in tunza the united nations environment programme youth magazine photo karen eng here s something fun a few months ago my friend karen eng asked me if i d like to contribute an article to tunza the united nations environment programme youth magazine where she is an editor she sent me some thoughtful interview questions and of course i ended up writing far more than a one page article karen did a lovely job with the gargantuan task of paring things down to the 500 word length for the magazine but the full interview was such fun that i thought i d share it here or click here for the online version of the magazine article thanks karen for a great interview and for sharing our farm s story literally with the world young farmer julia boorinakis harper has dedicated her life to making her great grandfather s farm a productive organic family enterprise and to inspiring others to live off the land how did the ranch come to be how did your great great grandfather get to auburn and decide to set up there was he from greece our family has had the ranch since 1918 when my great grandfather bought the property originally an old homestead he emigrated to the us from the greek region of smyrna asia minor which is now in turkey moved to san francisco and ran a greek restaurant there until he had saved up enough to bring over his wife to be but he felt that san francisco was no place for a woman or to raise a family so he found the ranch property in auburn and they settled there we ve been here ever since my grandfather my mother and uncle and my cousins and i all grew up on the farm what sorts of things do you grow produce at the farm and is everything produced for commercial sale we mainly grow pears apples and plums for sale most of which come from the original trees that my grandfather planted we also keep bees for honey and to pollinate the orchard and we have some chickens for eggs we re pretty small scale relatively speaking the orchard itself is about five acres and we my family and i do just about everything ourselves which is often the case with small family farms in our area we sell to a few local grocery and natural foods stores but we take most of our fruit to the local farmer s markets that s really the most gratifying part of what we do bringing our produce directly to our customers talking with them about our farming practices answering questions sharing stories and recipes people are deeply appreciative of fresh local real food and of that direct connection with the people who grow it farming is hard work but the personal connections and gratitude from our community make it so worthwhile it appears that this was not originally an organic farm but that you ve made the conversion when did this happen and what prompted the switch to organic was it for environmental reasons ethical reasons or to compete in a specialist market what are some of the challenges and benefits of going organic we decided to become an organic farm about five years ago when my grandfather was farming here the notion of organic didn t exist yet but as we had never used a lot of sprays or fertilizers or chemicals to begin with it seemed like a logical next step to try switching over to more natural pest control methods that would be friendlier to our environment and to us too we live here on the farm we work here the chickens free range in the orchard we keep honeybees all those things were incentives to make the move to organic production a farm is really a little ecosystem there are beneficial insects and pests good weeds and bad weeds and if you manage everything well you can keep that ecosystem fairly well balanced in your favour our ranch has been registered organic for two years now at first people told us that it was impossible to grow pears and apples organically and it is difficult but we ve been quite successful it really comes down to being observant knowing your pests and your orchard and doing your research and a lot of experimenting until you get it right continue reading share this email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x like loading 2 comments filed under around the farm history in the news tagged as boorinakis harper ranch magazine news tunza un unep youth january 1 2013 10 04 pm happy new year wishing you all a bright and bountiful 2013 from all of us here at the b h ranch καλή χρονιά happy new year share this email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x like loading 1 comment filed under around the farm winter tagged as 2013 chickens farm 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