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Fruit tree workshop Saturday

Posted by on May 8, 2013 · Leave a Comment 

Want to learn more about how to care for fruit trees? On Saturday, May 11 from 12 – 2 pm master arborist and volunteer orchard manager, Tchukki Andersen, will  lead a working session at the farm on how to nurture fruit trees. Learn about the finer points of organic fruit tree care as you practice […]

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Volunteers weed out competition

Posted by on July 3, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

The fruit tree orchards got some TLC and pampering recently when GlaxoSmithKline volunteers descended on the YEC. Directed by Tchukki Andersen, Staff Arborist for the Tree Care Industry Association and volunteer Orchard Manager at the YEC, nine enthusiastic people went right to work hand pulling weeds and grass that had crept into the fruit tree […]

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Tools for all!

Posted by on May 31, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

There has been a tool windfall here at the Hilton-Winn Farm! The Youth Enrichment Center is the happy beneficiary of a generous donation by Corona Tools of Corona, CA, a long-established manufacturer of high quality garden, landscape and agricultural tools. Through its Corona Cares program, Corona seeks to support community-based green education projects. Happily for […]

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