This is the time of year when the days grow shorter and darker. It’s also the time that my son Niko and I love because it is the season of pomegranates and persimmons. Saturday November 7th, we had the pleasure of partaking in our pomegranate pleasure at the annual Wolfskill Experimental Orchard’s fall pomegranate and persimmon tasting day –which my son has dubbed the “Pomegranate Festival.” This year, in addition to going to the actual festival, I volunteered the day before at the USDA National Clonal Germplasm Repository where more than 200 varieties of wild and cultivated pomegranates (largely from Western and Central Asia) are grown, studied, and preserved >>> more 123 next › last » 
