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Old 03-19-2009, 11:06 PM   #42 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by harveyc View Post
I am hoping to investigate her area one of these days. My wife was raised not far from her farm and my brother-in-law lives in the area but we haven't been down there for a few years.

Back when that article came out I did some searching in phonebooks, etc. and my best guess is that her farm is located on the top of a ridge as marked in this Google map: 36850 E. 92nd St.,Littlerock, CA 93543 - Google Maps. I'm not positive that's her place, but I would like to head down by that area to find out what I can see if I've got the time. Maybe you can drive by Mitchel and report back.

I am also somewhat skeptical and have experienced reporting errors firsthand, but it seems odd that they would mention these things. The farmers' market mentioned in the article is a certified market, I believe (as nearly all are) so supposedly everything she is selling is stuff she is growing. A friend of mine visited with her at the market in August 2007 and I just wrote him to ask for some confirmation of the fruit being grown by her.

In part, he wrote:



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Wouldn't it be easier just to call her and ask if she actually has Coconut trees producing? I could take a drive out there but I'd want to be sure that I was at the correct place and hopefully get a photo op and tour/interview while there. I must say that I'm very skeptical though. It gets really cold there, way colder than here at my house and I have no illusions of growing coconut tress here.

I remember several years ago one of the Santa Monica Farmers Market sellers used to eat fresh Durian with a really satisfied look on his face so maybe he was getting it from her brother? Hmm
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