(Follow-up post to “Eat, Drink, Plant Lavender” & “Cooking with Culinary Lavender” event at Glenwood’s Downtown Market) LAVENDER INFUSED… READ MORE
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The history of Palisade peaches began with pioneers, explorers, and town builders who breached the backbone of the continent—the Rocky… READ MORE
Lavender may be an ancient herb used by Egyptian, Greek, and Roman cultures, but it is a new crop in… READ MORE
“How do you not make a story out of harvesting 100,000 pounds of apples?”
~Jeff Schwartz, Delicious Orchards and Big Bs Faboulous Juices
The Western Slope of Colorado is home to an agricultural bounty. The founding pioneers began with sun-fed peach orchards, and now modern-day vintners are bottling award-winning wines. This history was distilled into the 2015 book, “Western Colorado Fruit & Wine: A Bountiful History.”