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For the first time, I finally got around to visiting the Prusch Farm Park in San Jose yesterday afternoon. I'd first heard about it from Gary as a local fig attraction, then from other friends who liked it for the farm/petting zoo/garden/picnicking opportunities. My partner and I stopped by there an hour before they closed to check it out before getting dinner in San Jose's Japantown. We only live about half an hour away, and it's worth the trip!
They have a good collection of trees in their fig orchard. The larger trees weren't labeled, but there were a few smaller ones that still had metal or plastic tags, which probably included the ones donated by Harvey. There was an Aubique Petite, Italian 358, two unlabeled but huge Panache trees, and many others. Some of them weren't in great shape, but others were large and covered with many figs. The fauna must be enjoying the park come harvest time!
It'd be a great place for a family to bring a picnic and enjoy the farm and gardens. In addition to the figs, they had a sizable apple and pear orchard, vegetable garden, greenhouses, picnic areas, and a farm with chicken coop, rabbits, goats you can feed and pet, turkeys, pigs, cows, and more. There were a great many duck, geese, chickens, and other fowl roaming wild which one of the volunteers said weren't officially part of the park, but were adopted from people dropping off pets illegally. They just roam the grounds at will, eating their share of the produce.
Already planning to return later in the year when the figs are ripe, in case the squirrels spare a few. Those Panaches in particular looked beautiful, completely covered in striped figs. They also had large swathes that had reverted to their non-chimeric form, would be fun to compare the two.
They have a good collection of trees in their fig orchard. The larger trees weren't labeled, but there were a few smaller ones that still had metal or plastic tags, which probably included the ones donated by Harvey. There was an Aubique Petite, Italian 358, two unlabeled but huge Panache trees, and many others. Some of them weren't in great shape, but others were large and covered with many figs. The fauna must be enjoying the park come harvest time!
It'd be a great place for a family to bring a picnic and enjoy the farm and gardens. In addition to the figs, they had a sizable apple and pear orchard, vegetable garden, greenhouses, picnic areas, and a farm with chicken coop, rabbits, goats you can feed and pet, turkeys, pigs, cows, and more. There were a great many duck, geese, chickens, and other fowl roaming wild which one of the volunteers said weren't officially part of the park, but were adopted from people dropping off pets illegally. They just roam the grounds at will, eating their share of the produce.
Already planning to return later in the year when the figs are ripe, in case the squirrels spare a few. Those Panaches in particular looked beautiful, completely covered in striped figs. They also had large swathes that had reverted to their non-chimeric form, would be fun to compare the two.
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