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Warm winter affects fruit harvests

SEBRING -- The warmer weather this past winter is causing several varieties of fruits to become riper sooner than anticipated, according to several farmers in Highlands County. "We are already harvesting our blueberries. The warm [...]

Posted On : Apr, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

Mild winter weather could push up fruit prices

This year's mild winter could lead to smaller crops of fruits in the autumn, potentially pushing up prices, the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) warned today. The RHS said most hardy fruit plants need a period of cold weather during [...]

Posted On : Jan, 19 2012 | Comments : 0

The Pleasure of Local Fruits in Winter

A friend once observed about me that I “like holidays just a little bit more than the average person.” What he noticed was actually a symptom of a deeper condition I think of as “seasonally ecstatic disorder.” [...]

Posted On : Jan, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Baked winter fruit

This baked winter fruit dish falls somewhere between a crisp and a compote. It uses some dried fruits, which are usually simmered in liquid. But whatever fresh fruits you have on hand can go into the dish, even those starting to show bro [...]

Posted On : Mar, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Perk up winter gardens with colorful fruits and foliage

It was back to school for me when Tim Drake of Valley Crest Landscape Maintenance visited recently with The Hilton Head Island Garden Club. The program Drake presented covered winterizing your garden, plants to grow for year-round intere [...]