Every year, when June comes around I take my family on a trip to Fredericksburg where we go to peach orchards and pick our own fruit - not just peaches but blackberries, strawberries, and other fruits and vegetables too. The flavors are unbelievable! Picked fresh and ripe, the produce tastes the way it's supposed to. For information visit http://www.texaspeaches.com/ This site will tell you when and where the peaches are ripe in the Fredericksburg area.
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The Grey Forest Farmers Market will be back for a whole new season of local products - vegetables, soaps, goat cheeses, etc. The market is held the first and third Friday of each month from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. starting March 21st (until November 21st 2008). Address; 18249 Sherwood Trail, Grey Forest 78023
Directions:
From Bandera Road to Scenic Loop Road - right on Scenic Loop approx. 2 ½ miles - right on Sherwood Trail
From Boerne Stage Road - left on Scenic Loop Road approx. 4.5 miles - left on Sherwood Trail.
Grey Forest Farmers Market is on Sherwood Trail immediately after you cross the creek.
Late January/early February is the beginning of the most dangerous season for our oaks-red oaks especially and live oaks. Oak wilt is an infectious disease that kills trees in a relatively short time by destroying their ability to take in water; the trees die of thirst. Fungal mats form under the bark of red oaks, and sap beetles feed on them then spread the fungus over long distances from the infected tree to a fresh cut on a healthy one. Once a tree has oak wilt, healthy trees around it are likely to become infected through the roots, so even if you're careful when you trim your oaks, once a tree is infected, you'll probably lose the entire stand.
Of course you have to trim your trees. When you do, paint the cuts immediately to prevent the beetles from being attracted to the sap. Do this year-round; the weather is too unpredictable, and we can't count on it being cold, hot or dry enough to prevent spreading. In fact, the city of San Antonio has an ordinance that requires you or any tree-trimming service to paint the cuts on oak trees. Many of the tree trimmers don't paint cuts. Make sure you ask them if they do; some will argue with you and tell you it's not necessary. If they don't paint, hire another company or follow them around with a can of paint. For more information on oak wilt and a list of susceptible species, go to http://www.texasoakwilt.org/About/introduction.html. For some very sad pictures I took in Bandera County, go to http://www.shurgot.net/Oak_Wilt.htm and follow the link. For the ordinance (Chapter 21, Article VIII), click on www.municode.com/resources/gateway.asp?pid=11508&sid=43
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