Parents can read about the number of hikes perfect for the whole family. According to Len Cipkins, operations director at Huntington Press, the local publishing house is already preparing to reprint the book due to the demand. Get your copy now. Pick a peck of peppers or whatever If you thought culling fresh fruit and vegetables from a neighborhood orchard was nothing more than a ripe, er, pipe dream in Las Vegas, think again. From June to November, Gilcrease Orchard, located off of Ann Road on North Tenaya Avenue, sells its apricots, peaches, figs, tomatoes, zucchini, squash, cantaloupe, melons, pears, corn, pumpkins, and apples to pickers from across the Valley, who are welcome to drive or walk through the orchard, and tote out as much as they can carry.
Cantaloupes cost fifteen cents a pound.
Pears and apples are forty cents a pound. Watermelons as well as butternut, acorn, and spaghetti squash weigh in at twelve cents a pound. The orchard is open from 7 a.m. to noon daily, seven days a week. Melons, squash, and pumpkins are this month's featured produce. Call 645-1126 to learn what's fresh and to make sure the orchard is open to the public.