Arkansas’ Peach Pickin’ Paradise
August is National Peach Month. We visited peach grower Mark Morgan at his farm Peach Pickin’ Paradise, and he told us about his popular ag-tourism u-pick orchard.
Peaches
Peach Pickin’ Paradise’s Peach Cobbler
National Peach Cobbler day is April 13, so what better way to celebrate peach cobbler day than have a peach farmer make a peach cobbler?
Burned by a Deep Freeze, Part 2
Some three months after a week-long run of freezing and much-colder-than-normal April temperatures, Arkansas fruit farmers are finding out the true extent of the damage to their crops, particularly peach growers. See how berry growers are making out in the first part of our story from earlier this month. Peaches Peaches seemed to get the […]
Peach Pop Perfection
We may have found one of the tastiest summer treats you can make at home … Peach Pops! Grab your favorite kitchen helper (and some Arkansas peaches) and watch as Woodruff County Cooperative Extension Staff Chair Leigh Ann Bullington shows how easy it is to make these delicious and healthy snacks. Now try making […]
The Morgan Family: Peach Pickin’ Paradise {SLOW COOKER SMOKY PEACH BARBECUE SAUCE}
by Debbie Arnold of DiningwithDebbie.net My husband’s family settled in Johnson County, Arkansas, once known as the peach capital of America, more than 100 years ago. Like many other families in the region, they were peach growers during the peach growing boom. Today, the Morgan family of Clarksville remains one of the few long-term peach […]
Arkansas Peach Pizza
By Arkansas Women Bloggers member Rhonda Franz of Captainmom.net Mouth-watering, juicy sweet peaches on a sugar cookie crust: sounds like a taste of summer heaven, doesn’t it? That is precisely what peach pizza is. The idea for this peach pizza came from my mom’s delicious fruit pizza recipe. Her combination of fresh fruits like strawberries […]