Red Rock Lavender Festival 2016

Arizona has a large rural community that stretches across the vast expanse that surrounds the larger metropolitan areas of the state. The state grows a variety of crops, one of which is lavender. I was fortunate enough to spy a deal online for a lavender festival in Eastern Arizona, in a small community known as […]

The Five Cs of Arizona: Citrus

This article is part of the five Cs of Arizona, which are climate, citrus, cattle, copper, and cotton. It starts every year around spring: Inexplicably, in your workplace or while meeting with friends, a large bag of fruit will appear on the table before you. Everyone who has a tree that bears fruit will begin […]

The Five Cs of Arizona: Cotton

This article is part of the five Cs of Arizona, which are climate, citrus, cattle, copper, and cotton. Cotton, for most of us in the United States, is a Southern crop. It harkens back to the causes of the Civil War, grand plantations, and light, breezy shirts that are a joy to wear in the […]

Schnepf Farms Peach Picking

One thing I never really understood as a kid was going to an orchard and picking your own fruit. Especially apple picking. It was such a foreign concept to me that I never thought I would do it of my own accord. Thankfully, a friendly invite from a friend saw me venturing to Schnepf Farms […]