Santa Cruz Fruit Tree Project

Hey there fruit lovers,

Some of you may remember this event from the pre-COVID days. It ran for many years as a fund raiser for the Fruit Tree Project, and featured some drinks made with gleaned fruit from our events, and even food items like cured olives.

These days, the Fruit Tree Project is operating more informally, without any funding involved. So event proceeds will go to a different organization.

But we thought some of the people on this list might remember the event and want to know about it. Hope to see you there.

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It has been six years, and we are excited to announce the 8th DIYine: A Celebration of Home-brewing!

Pronounced "D.I.Wine", this is a fun tasting event featuring a variety of beers, fruit wines, meads, liquors, and soft drinks, as well as food and music,

In past years we have offered plum port, sparkling cider, loquat amaretto, and feijoa wine alongside more standard beers and grape wines. We like to highlight the amazing concoctions that many of our fellow fruit lovers have toiled over and celebrate the bounty and joy of sharing the excess fruit of backyard harvests.

We also have a variety of oft drinks like kefir, kombucha, and our famous Breath of Fire ginger ale.

We are looking for DIY home-brewers and kitchen alchemists who have brews, ales, wines, ciders, meads or softdrinks to share. By contributing to the offerings, you get free tickets so you can taste the concoctions made by others.

Please reach out if you would like to be involved in the tasting event this spring. Right now we we are looking for donations of beverages, and later, once we firm up some details, we will also be looking for volunteers. Please let us know how you would like to be involved, and we will be in touch.

Please note: In the past, this event has been a fundraiser for the Santa Cruz Fruit Tree Project. This year it will be a benefit for a different non-profit, but we still hope some FTP gleaners who have been inspired by homebrew want to be involved.

Please email Stacy Falls for more info and for participating:
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Apples in aptos any one? Pm me please.

It's persimmon season and we are eating our way through a bunch of Fuyus. If you have a tree that you would like picked, let us know.

Well, better luck next year. The walnuts had already dropped and were eaten by lucky squirrels.

Hi Santa Cruz and Watsonville fruit lovers, We have an offer to pick walnuts in Watsonville soon. Who would like to go? You can borrow our orchard ladder and three pickers, if you want. If you would like to join in the pick, send me a message with your email so I can contact you.