Pick Your Own Cherries! Mountain Brook Ranch

Mountain Brook Ranch cherries are ready and their fruit stand is open from 9am-6pm! Come out Memorial weekend, including Monday, for the first U-Pick of the season. To participate in the U-Pick just drive up Auberry Rd about 6 miles north of Copper to Mountain Brook Ranch on the weekends between 9am and 6pm. Picking your cherries in the mornings is best because that is when the cherries are at their sweetest. Cherries are a great u-pick item because they tend to be outrageously expensive in the store. For more information call:
Mountain Brook Ranch
(559) 299-8141
17971 Auberry Rd, Clovis, CA 93619

Update: The Ranch is closed until next Cherry season! This year the U-pick cherries were $1.85 a lb!Thanks to everyone for his/her support and don't miss it next year!

Pictures from May U-Pick Fresno State Organic Farm

Calling Volunteer Actors for Shaver Lake Renaissance Faire

Shaver Lake Renaissance Faire is having its fourth anniversary. Volunteer actors are wanted. Costumes and training will be provided. This is an excellent opportunity to practice acting/improv for drama students, history buffs, and a chance to have some good family fun together. I have personal experience participating in dancing and plays and the producers are talented and friendly lifelong friends of mine. The flyer below provides more information:

Shaver Lake Renaissance Faire

July 16 and 17, 2011

Actors wanted

Ages 14 to 100

Needed: Amateur Actors/Actresses who would like to

portray upper, middle, and peasant classes of the Renaissance period.

We will have classes before the faire to teach speech,

acting without a script, faire games, and research. 

Please call for details:

Sheryl Ann Dunkle, 559 841 7198

dancetour@yahoo.com

May 14th: Free Fresno Fuego Soccer Tourney 3v3 for Ages 6-8

On May 14th at Chuckansi Park, Fresno Fuego in partnership with Bimbo, is providing a free 3v3 coed soccer tournament for children ages 6-8 from 9am-11:30am. Click HERE to be redirected to facebook and print the forms after clicking on the image in their photos. Fill out the release and registration forms for your child, then mail in your form to 1800 Tulare St. Fresno CA 93720
For more information call (559)320-2543.

Fresno Fuego Free Soccer Games this Season!

Fresno Fuego in partnership with Univision Radio is providing free admission to its home games this season. The next home game is against BYU Soccer on May 12th at 7pm at Chuckansi Park. Doesn't get much better than free! Sounds like a frugal date plan to me.

Click HERE to learn more like home games dates.

Central Valley Sportmen's Club Fishing Derby through age 15

The Central Valley Sportsmen's Club is hosting a Youth Fishing Derby this Saturday, May 7 at Woodward Park Gazebo Shelter which is near the ponds  for children through ages15 years. Worms will be provided; bring your own fishing pole. Starts at 8am, sounds like a great event! I got this information for Fresno PARCS on facebook.

Free 8x10 Walgreens

Walgreens is offering one free 8x10 and 50% off posters for Mother's Day. Use the coupon code FREECOLLAGE for the 8x10 and MOMPOSTER for the 50% off posters on its online photo service center. Click HERE to get started. Some tips for the collage, pick out the pictures first so you spend less time hunting while trying to upload. I find that if I know which pictures I want to use first, the less likely I will end up with ones out of focus etc. Limit the number of photos to less than ten because the more you have, the smaller they are and therefore more difficult to see. You can even use just one for your "collage." You can order it in another town, so if Grandma is in Oregon, you can send it to her local Walgreens and she can pick it up for free.

Pick Your Own Organic Produce and Support Fresno State Ag: May 7th

Come and pick your own choice of seasonal organic vegetables!

This Saturday from 8am to 11am. Located east of the Gibson Market, on Barstow east of Chesnut the students will have a table and tent where you can pick up bags and hand pruning shears (What are those called? It's too late.) Bring cash. 

I went to the April U-Pick and had a great experience, even bought a couple strawberries plants for my mom.

 

"Seasonal crops: Organic arugula, beet, bok choy, broccoli, garlic, kale, lettuce, mustard greens, onion, pea, radish, spinach, strawberry, and turnip

Saturday May 7, Worm Composting Workshop (11 am to 1pm)  at the Horticulture Unit classroom, NE corner of Chestnut and Barstow

Please join our hands‐on workshop and learn how to construct a simple worm‐box. Class materials (worms & worm box), and additional readings are included. The cost is $25. For additional info.   http://www.auxiliary.com/AGF/farmmarket/events.shtml

Sponsored by USDA‐Hispanic Serving Institutes Education Grant & Organic Enterprise

*For more information on this event and the Student Operated Organic Farm, please contact
Dr. Sajeemas ‘Mint’ Pasakdee at 559‐278‐2828 or spasakdee@csufresno.edu"
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