San Luis Obispo County Farm Bureau

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SAN LUIS OBISPO
Winter 2010-11
formerly Farmer & Rancher Magazine
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Volume 39, Issue 4 s Winter 2010-11
Jackie Crabb – Publisher
Mary Silveira – Editorial & Photography
Joni Hunt – Production & Ad Sales
San Luis Obispo Country Magazine, formerly Farmer &
Rancher Magazine, is published quarterly— March, June,
September, December—by the San Luis Obispo County
Farm Bureau, 651 Tank Farm Road, San Luis Obispo, CA
93401-7062; (805) 543-3654; www.slofarmbureau.org. The
subscription price is included in Farm Bureau membership.
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County Farm Bureau, 651 Tank Farm Road, San Luis Obispo,
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eet Kathleen McCreary (far left) of
Atascadero. She is all smiles because she
won a fabulous gift basket at the Savor
the Central Coast event held at Santa
Margarita Ranch in October. Attendees at the “Farmers
Market to Meals Pavilion,” sponsored by the California
Farm Bureau, could enter the contest to win one of four
great prizes. McCreary, a Farm Bureau member, won
the bowl full of goodies from Bonnie Marie’s Catering
in Santa Margarita.
More than 6,000 food and wine lovers visited Santa
Margarita Ranch for the first-time-ever Savor the Central
Coast event, organized by Sunset magazine and the San
Kathleen McCreary won...so can you! Luis Obispo Visitors and Conference Bureau. The
Ranch was only one of many locations for activities
held throughout our county. The event was such a success that Sunset plans to do it again
in 2011. Our hope is that it becomes an annual event because it is a perfect venue for
farmers and ranchers to educate community members about where their food comes from.
How would you like a chance to win a Bonnie Marie’s Catering gift basket? We are
holding a contest to sign up our readers to receive our e-newsletter, Ag Update. This newsletter, sent to your e-mail address, is chock full of information for those who participate in,
or are interested in, local agriculture. All you need to do is sign up for Ag Update by going
to our website, www.slofarmbureau.org, if you are not a subscriber already. Then open the
January (and February) Ag Update when it arrives in your e-mail box and look for instructions to enter the contest. Your e-mail is not shared with
anyone else. We select a winner on March 1, 2011.
Happy Holidays!
04 Field to Table
Becky Barlogio (above) and family
at Jack Creek Farms hold events to
demonstrate crop-to-consumer links.
Bonnie Marie’s Catering uses local
foods to feed hungry crowds.
08 Made in SLO
Products produced in SLO Country
make great holiday gifts!
11 In the Garden
Create a holiday wreath or table
decoration in several short steps.
Cover
12 In the Home
Use greenery from your yard to
create a low-cost holiday wreath.
Two local organizations offer
poinsettias during the holidays.
14 Local Links
What’s happening around the area this winter?
15 Scene Around…
Unexpected delights in SLO Country.
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Brothers (far left) James and Christian Leung
(ages 7 and 13) and siblings Katrina, Aleah and
Austin Russell (ages 5, 9 and 7) grind whole
wheat kernels, or berries, in a small hand mill.
The grinder refines wheat into flour that can be
used in goodies baked at Jack Creek Farms,
such as olallieberry pie (above).
Field to Table…
Threshing Bee and Other Educational Activities at Jack Creek Farms
in Templeton Demonstrate Links Between Agriculture and the Foods We Eat
T
What Is a Threshing Bee?
A group of San Luis Obispo County farmers gathered at Jack Creek
Farms in September for an old-fashioned threshing bee, where they used
antique equipment and techniques from a century ago to harvest and
process wheat into flour. The public was invited to watch and participate
in two stages—grinding grain and tasting whole wheat bread samples.
To begin the process, a restored Adriance Grain Binder from the
early 1890s (top photo, on the right) used cutting knives, a wooden reel
and a canvas-belt system to cut the wheat and tie it with twine into small
bundles, also known as stooks or sheaves.
The wheat bundles then were stacked by hand with three-tine
pitchforks, using an old-time configuration, before being forked into a
McCormick Stationary Threshing Machine (right). The thresher and 1917
Advance Steam Tractor (above), which powered the thresher with a belt
and pulley system, are owned by Dick and Carson Wiley of Arroyo Grande.
Inside the thresher, grain was separated from the stalks and husks,
then funneled into waiting burlap sacks, hand-sewn for the demonstration.
The grain was run through a 1910-era Fanning Mill, which uses a series
of screens to separate unwanted weed seed and remaining chaff (small
pieces of seed covering, stems and leaves) from the grain. A small hand
grinder (page 5 top photos) was available to convert grain to flour.
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Threshing bees of the past, along with old-time quilting bees and
barn-raisings, brought together neighbors to help with a task. The idea
probably began in the 1800s when stationary threshing machines were
invented. Since most farms were small and unable to purchase their own
thresher, farmers often pooled their money to buy a machine that was
moved from farm to farm.
Neighbors came to help: the men operated the thresher, pitched
bundles, sacked grain and loaded wagons, while the women cooked and
fed the crews. After the hard work was finished, neighbors could celebrate
the harvest and socialize.
he Barlogio family—Tim,
Joy and daughters Mandy and Becky—has opened their
farm and country store to provide
entertaining and educational activities
to Central Coast residents for 16 years.
One recent event, an Old-Fashioned
Threshing Bee, drew families from the area
and beyond. Along with the demonstration,
which began with harvesting wheat in the
field and ended with tasting freshly baked
bread, the farm was filled with activities
for all ages and interests.
At the country store, sweets and
baked goods warm from the kitchen
graced glassed-in shelves, and just-picked
peaches and apples were set out. Bottled
and packaged products from other local
producers were displayed, too (page 9).
Outside, a musical trio entertained
as the lunch barbecue sizzled. Children
giggled and petted goats, played on a
wooden train, ran through a hay-bale maze
and stood in awe of the blacksmith–artist
as he forged his creations. Antique farming
equipment invited closer inspection, and
u-pick crops beckoned.
While Tim worked at the threshing
bee, Joy baked olallieberry pies, Mandy
worked in the store and Becky kept the
produce stocked. This year, for the first
time, five-gallon buckets of just-harvested
wheat berry were available for visitors who
wanted to grind their own flour at home.
“It makes me so happy to get my
wheat from the people who harvest it and
thresh it,” said Kelly Daulton, at the event
with husband Rich and their two children.
“It fills me up as a mom to be so close to my
food. We are so sensitive in this microcosm
of agriculture. The small farmer whom I
want to support is being hurt.”
Jesse and Amy Russell brought their
three children, who attend a one-room
school in Parkfield, for them to see the
educational side of agriculture. When
everyone at their school was asked to
bring their animals to school, the Russells
brought a chicken and dog; another child
brought a donkey and tied it to the hitching
post outside the school.
Carrie Mayhew and Todd Leung of
San Gabriel decided to bring their two sons
to the threshing bee after reading about
Owen and Colette Daulton (ages 6 and 4) put
on cowboy hats to ride the wooden “horses.”
the upcoming event. “We have saw grass
in our garden,” Carrie said, “and the boys
pretend it’s wheat to harvest. We came
to see how it’s done.” They also planned
to visit a nearby goat farm.
Many Central Coast farms provide
innovative opportunities to learn about
their operations and products firsthand.
They also serve as destinations for families
and others to share in the discovery of
where our food comes from.
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Field to Table…
A Santa Margarita storefront houses two businesses
whose owners coax crops to produce delightful results
Pozo Valley Winery
Joey Arnold, winemaker for Pozo
Valley Winery, talks of how his enology
classes at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo eased
him into the winery industry in 2002.
“I tried making some wine first on greatgrandfather’s wine press, and then I told
my parents (Steve and Debbie Arnold)
I thought we should have a label.”
That year the first Zinfandel was
bottled, with a commercial release in 2003,
from vines planted in 1995 with the help
of family and friends.
The Arnold family settled in Pozo
Valley in 1919, when Thomas and Josephine
Arnold sold their farm in Nebraska and
moved west. Five generations of family
members have lived and worked on the
original ranch, raising beef cattle and
farming a variety of crops.
Originally, Pozo was a bustling town
with a saloon and hotel as a main hub for
people traveling between the coast and
central valley. With a railroad stop in Santa
Margarita, Pozo also was a destination
for rail passengers or goods. At one time,
the town had a population of about 600,
a school district, several blacksmith shops,
a post office and general store. Today, the
population hangs on at about 30 people,
and the historic saloon still stands.
Pozo Valley Winery tasting room, in
its current Santa Margarita location for
three years, began as a co-op tasting room
with seven other labels in Paso Robles. Wines are made from varietals that thrive
in northern San Luis Obispo County:
Viognier (check for availability), Sauvignon
Blanc, Chardonnay, Merlot, Cabernet
Sauvignon, Black Rock (Bordeaux Blend),
Zinfandel and Late Harvest Zinfandel.
“Our Zin is our best overall seller,”
Arnold says. He discovered by accident
while dining out that the 2005 late harvest
Zin, a sweet dessert wine, goes well with
lavender crème brulée.
Great-grandfather’s wine press,
at times used to press apples in the past,
resides in the tasting room, a reminder of
family generations steeped in agriculture
and now producing new vintages.
Bonnie Marie’s Catering
Bonnie Marie Loftus prepares for
an event one recent Saturday. She and
her sister, Rose Bardin, boil potatoes, chop
red peppers, onions, lettuce, tortillas and
mix a quinoa salad. What they are doing
with these wonderful veggies—garnered
from Parkhill Farmstand, Santa Margarita
gardens and All About Produce—is bring
them all together for a delicious meal at
Santa Margarita Ranch that night.
“We buy local produce,” Loftus says.
“I shop for all the food myself so I can see
the freshness. We specialize in large events;
we’ve cooked for up to 750, but 350 is an
average count for an event. Tonight we’re
serving 175, and prep and cooking takes
two days.”
As busy as the sisters are, they speak
with enthusiasm about this business
created from helping out in the kitchens
of family and friends and working at
Jimmie’s Watering Hole at the Mid-State
Fair in Paso Robles. The stepping stone to
her own business came when Loftus took
Tasting Room
22202 El Camino Real, Santa Margarita
Friday through Sunday noon–5 p.m. or by
appointment—(805) 286-7172; www.pozovalley.com
Wine club members are invited to special tastings
at the Pozo ranch where grapes are grown. Tasting
room hosts Joey and sister Michelle Arnold ship
wines to several states.
Award-Winning Wines
s 2005 Zinfandel—Silver Medal,
San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
s 2004 Merlot—Silver Medal,
2007 Riverside International Wine Competition
s 2004 Merlot—Bronze Medal,
2007 Central Coast Wine Competition
s 2004 Zinfandel—Silver Medal,
2007 Central Coast Wine Competition
s 2004 Zinfandel—Bronze Medal, Houston Rodeo
and Livestock International Wine Competition
s 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon—Silver Medal,
Central Coast Wine Competition
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over Jimmie’s, making it a popular food
and drink hangout for fairgoers each year.
Loftus started Cal Poly in 1998 as a
dairy science major, working for a deli
that did catering. She graduated in 2003
and decided then to start her own catering
company. Her first job provided foods and
beverages for Mid-State Fair entertainment
acts. “I have stayed busy, so I haven’t had
to work any other job,” she says. “Referrals
are our best source of business. People trust
us. We work with Santa Margarita Ranch,
Paso Pobles Event Center for horse shows,
Mid-State Fair, and we receive phone calls
for weddings and other events.”
Bardin graduated from Cal Poly
in 2005 and left the area for a corporate
public relations job. She returned to San
Luis Obispo County and now provides
communications and marketing for the
business and also helps out in the kitchen.
“When we acquired the shop (formerly Gasoline Alley Antiques) in 2003,
we gutted, stripped and renovated the
building and added the commercial
kitchen,” Loftus says.
Today, the shop has the feel of a tidy
old mercantile inviting visitors to browse
and discover assorted the handmade and
country-themed items that share space
with homemade foods from the kitchen
(page 10). The sisters credit their grandmother for teaching them sewing skills
they use to create fashionable crocheted
hats for children (Loftus) and adults
(Bardin) and a new line of colorful aprons
designed by Loftus.
Back in the kitchen, while Bardin puts
finishing touches of cream cheese icing on
dark chocolate cupcakes, Loftus completes
bonding fresh corn, tomatoes, onion and
red peppers in the quinoa salad. The sisters
place the finished foods for the evening’s
event in huge refrigerators, alongside a
bounty of ingredients fresh from the fields.
Bonnie Marie Loftus (above left) and Rose Bardin
cater events using many locally grown ingredients.
Blueberry Jam…Mmmmmm!
Taking one last look around the
store with its warm, friendly feeling,
I stop at the homemade baked goods
and canned fruits and vegetables.
I cannot resist the pint jar of Bonnie
Marie’s homemade blueberry jam.
I buy it on Saturday and now, by
Wednesday, I’m eager to pick up another
jar. My morning toast has become my
evening dessert, spread generously with
the blue sweetness of home, reminding
me of the huckleberries I used to pick
and place in a jar for my grandmother. She could only shake her head
when we returned from picking with just
one-quarter of the berries left in my jar.
—Mary Silveira
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Made in San Luis Obispo
Add a WOW factor in holiday giving with locally crafted products
Something for Everyone on Your List
A complete list of SLO-made items could stretch to
the North Pole! Products on this page, photographed
at Jack Creek Farms, can be found at shops around
the county carrying local items or where the items
are made. Operating hours vary, so call ahead.
Gourmet Oils
Fresh oils pressed from locally grown
olives, walnuts and other crops make
terrific gifts for anyone who loves to cook
and to eat!
Limerock Walnut Oil
www.limerockorchards.com
Paso Robles; (805) 238-6887
Chapel Hill Olive Oil
Shandon; (805) 238-7110
Available at We Olive (Paso Robles
and San Luis Obispo), Crushed Grape,
Di Palo & Sons, Avila Barn, some wineries
Olio Nuevo
www.olionuevo.com
Creston; (805) 423-2341
Available at We Olive (Paso Robles
and San Luis Obispo), Crushed Grape,
Di Palo & Sons, Avila Barn; see website
for complete list
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Mehlenbacher’s Candies
www.mehlenbacherstaffy.com
Atascadero; (805) 460-9871
Ben (above), son of owner Aaron Himelson, stocks
a new line of hard candies with authentic flavors.
Handmade taffy sticks are their signature product.
Legacy Forge Blacksmith Shop
www.legacyforgesmithing.com
Atascadero; (805) 441-6992
Artist-blacksmith Max H. Randolph (above right)
creates custom pieces in iron and other metals.
Jack Creek Farms
www.jackcreekfarms.com
Templeton; (805) 239-1915 (farmstand)
Open seasonally, late May–early December
Local products (right) include Chaparall Gardens
artisan vinegars (Atascadero), Tiber Canyon Ranch
olive oil (Arroyo Grande), Spice of Life tea (Paso
Robles), Happy Acres Family Farm goat’s milk skin
products (Templeton), CBC Honey (San Luis Obispo),
Stoltey’s Bee Farm honey (San Luis Obispo), Brian’s
Sourdough (Atascadero), Linns’s Fruit Bin jams and
other goodies (Cambria).
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In the Garden…
Made in San Luis Obispo
Easy Holiday Decorations
Create a low-cost wreath or centerpiece
with greenery from your yard
W
hich plants in your yard work well for holiday decorations?
Look for greens of various colors and textures from trees
and bushes, along with wheat and pine cones. Add a few
items you have on hand or buy at a craft or “dollar” store, and you can
create fresh, fragrant holiday decor!
The materials you need are greenery (branches with leaves), garden
clippers, pliers, one wire coat hanger, wheat, pine cones, craft berries,
wire-edged ribbon and green floral wire. Choose ribbon and berry colors
that complement your decor or celebrate the season. Leftover materials
can be used for package wrappings or other projects.
For this wreath, we use cedar branches with lemon and orange
tree leaves. It takes about 30 minutes to assemble.
To use as a centerpiece, place a hurricane lamp in the center,
add pine cones, a candle, nuts or ornaments, and surround with
leftover berries.
—Lorraine Clark, SLO County Farm Bureau
Agriculture Education Committee Coordinator
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Clip greens from your garden. Use the pliers to undo
a wire hanger and shape into a circle for the frame.
Attach branches to the frame with floral wire. Shape
some branches to follow the frames’ curve; let others
branch away from the frame.
Once the branches are in place, add leaves in three
areas. Tuck the stems beneath greenery already
there and attach with floral wire.
Step 4
Step 5
Step 6
Add wheat and craft berries near the leaves. Again,
tuck stems and attach with floral wire or wire on the
berries.
Add small “poofs” of ribbon as accents near the
berries; attach with wire. For Step 6, add a bow at
the top and two or three pine cones on the greenery.
Handcrafted Central Coast wineries and vintages abound. Often taking time
to search out smaller labels offers big rewards, such as with
Pozo Valley wines (top right). In the same location, Bonnie Marie’s
carries her own line of specialty canned vegetables, jams and other
goodies (left) along with hand-crocheted and sewn items (top left),
kitchenware and other gifts.
Bonnie Marie’s Catering and Pozo Valley Winery Tasting Room
22202 El Camino Real, Santa Margarita
(805) 438-5015; e-mail [email protected]
(805) 286-7172; www.pozovalley.com
Friday through Sunday noon–5 p.m. or by appointment
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In the Home…
Two local organizations offer these holiday favorites
Poinsettias Aplenty
Cal Poly
Plant Shop
Growing Grounds
Downtown
Cal Poly Horticulture and Crop Science
Professor Virginia Walter discusses the
university’s program and propagation
of poinsettias.
The Growing Grounds Downtown shop
stocks plants and gift items for the holidays
(and all year). These four varieties of
poinsettias pictured are available.
Help Your Poinsettias Thrive
Tips from Growing Grounds Nursery
Water
• The most common care mistake is to overwater.
If soil around the plant is wet, it doesn’t need water.
• Keeping a poinsettia in standing water, in a saucer
or plastic pot cover, harms the plant. Roots become
waterlogged and can’t absorb more oxygen. If this
contines, the plant wilts, drops its leaves and dies.
• When soil around the plant is dry, the poinsettia
needs water. Thorough watering reaches all the roots
and allows water to drain from holes in the pot. The
best place to water is the kitchen sink.
Light
• A poinsettia thrives in bright, indirect light and
cool temperatures, such as 45–50 degrees at night.
Without enough light, leaves drop.
• For a few hours or few days,
the plant can brighten up
a dark room, but if you
want it to live past the
holidays, move it soon
to a brighter spot.
• Keep the plant away
from heat sources such
as stoves and fireplaces.
Fertilizer
• None is needed until spring,
when the poinsettia starts to grow again.
Plant
• A poinsettia can be planted in your
garden and will be attractive year-round.
Enduring White
Premium Red
We grow poinsettias every year and
have since before 1974 when I arrived at
Cal Poly. Annually, a group of students,
generally three to five of them, start the
Ag Enterprise Project with the arrival
of stock plant cuttings in spring.
These plants become our big display
plants (8” and 10” pots) that we sell in
December, but we grow them primarily
for cutting production. We harvest and
root over 6000 cuttings from these plants
in August, and they become the four-inch
and six-inch potted plants. We also sell
a smaller selection of in-between sized
plants, tree forms, centerpieces and,
occasionally, hanging baskets.
All totaled, we generally sell between
2700 and 3000 plants. The retail prices
range between $5 for our smallest plants
and $55 for our largest ones. We generally
have plants for sales starting right after
Thanksgiving, but we can flower them
before this if someone orders them early
enough. We continue sales through to
Christmas, with our last orders going
to churches right before December 25.
We have more than 35 different
varieties of poinsettias, including a small
sampling of new cultivars without a name
that are still only numbered plants. The
colors range from dark to medium reds,
all sorts of pink tones, whites and every
variegated combination imaginable. We
have curly leaved types as well as quite
a variety of leaf types and sizes. We will
also paint plants to specific colors if the
customer asks for them. All the varieties
we grow are from cuttings provided by
Growing Grounds Downtown
Poly Plant Shop
956 Chorro Street, San Luis Obispo
(across from the Mission)
(805) 544-4967; www.t-mha.org
10 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Monday–Saturday; 11–5 Sunday
Carries four varieties of poinsettias until sold out
$10 for 6.5” pot; $6 for 4.5” pot
Via Carta Road, Building 48
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
(805) 756-1106; www.polyplantshop.com
10 a.m.–5 p.m. Monday–Saturday
(closed during quarter breaks; call in December)
$5–$55, various sizes
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Jingle Bells
Premium Picasso
the Paul Ecke Ranch in Encinatas,
renown for poinsettia propagation.
The Horticulture and Crop
Science Department has 300
undergraduate students, many
of them interested in commercial
production. These students can
write a plan, prepare a budget, grow
plants and market them for sales, all
under the care of an advisor. These
activities, called Agriculture
Enterprise Projects, are funded by the
Cal Poly Corporation. The students
have no out-of-pocket expenses
and split the net profits with the
Corporation when the project is over.
Ice Punch
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Local Links
Scene Around
SLO Country…
SLO County Farm Bureau Women 2011 Barn Calendar
Sales ($10) support educational scholarships; call (805) 543-3654
2011 World Ag Expo — February 8–10
Wildlife comes in all shapes, sizes and materials on the Central Coast,
some more interactive than others. The young foul shows curiosity
and no fear while looking, perhaps, for a nose rub or a carrot. A fawn,
also curious, takes a more nuanced approach. Mock turtles line up to
sunbathe while a fish waits for water to fall.
Tulare; www.worldagexpo.com
Cattlemen’s Western Art Show & Sale — April 8–10
Paso Robles; www.cattlemenswesternartshow.com
Adler Belmont Dye Insurance
805/540-3900
Ag Box Company – 805/489-0377
Business Members
Complete listings for these businesses that
support San Luis Obispo County Farm Bureau
are listed at slofarmbureau.org
Madonna Inn – 805/543-3000
www.madonnainn.com
Nick’s Telecom – 805/441-3135
Byars Thompson Buchanan Insurance
805/238-5212; www.btbinsurance.com
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
805/595-6340
California Meridian Insurance Services
805/466-3400; ted@californiameridian.
com
Pacific Sun Growers, Inc. – 805/929-1986
www.pacificsungrowers.com
Pat Phelan Construction – 805/929-1739
C&M Nursery – 805/929-1941
C&N Tractors – 805/237-3855
Central Coast Propane – 805/237-1001
www.centralcoastpropane.com
Quinn Company – 805/925-8611
Farm Supply Company – 805/543-3751
www.farmsupplycompany.com
Coast National Bank – 805/541-0400
Filipponi & Thompson Drilling Co.
805/466-1271; www.ftdrilling.com
Days Inn – 805/549-9911
www.daysinnsanluisobispo.com
Heritage Oaks Bank – 805/369-5203
www.heritageoaksbank.com
J. B. Dewar Inc. Petroleum Products
805/543-0180
InWest Insurance Services
TWIW Insurance Services – 805/922-7301
Eagle Energy, Inc. – 805/543-7090
[email protected]
Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard
805/786-4302; www.kmtg.com
Electricraft, Inc. – 805/544-8224
www.electricraftinc.com
E. C. Loomis & Son Insurance
Associates – 805/489-5594
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Family pet “Turk-Turk” (below) spent spring and summer sitting
on eggs, trying to hatch a family of her own. Unsuccesssful, she
finally decided to adopt these three bantam chicks. Needless to
say, she is not on anyone’s holiday menu.
Rabobank – 805/541-5500
Roadrunner Construction
805/238-2500
San Luis Obispo Downtown Association
805/541-0286; www.downtownslo.com
Santa Maria Seeds, Inc. – 805/922-5757
www.santamariaseeds.com
Shimmin Canyon Vineyard
805/238-2562
South County Realty – 805/481-4297
www.southcountyrealty.com
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