Report From The Field - 6/23/05 - Coke Ranch

Things are progressing nicely with the Ascolana crop out at the Coke Ranch. The latest development out here concerns the flock of turkeys that reside in the orchard. It is growing rapidly and has recently hatched-out the latest generation. We are starting to think that our limited pressure from the olive fruit fly is due to the Turkey presence in the orchard as they scratch around under the trees and eat all of the bugs living beneath the trees. The olive fruit fly overwinters in fallen fruit or in the ground until the spring. It is completely possible that these turkeys are doing our pest control work for us. I will post a pic as soon as I catch them with my camera.

Sincerely - Brian - The Classicist - Sales and Marketing Manager