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Rosie Aldecoa, 74, stands in front of the Country Store at Schnepf Farms on Sunday May 6, 2012 in Queen Creek, Ariz. [Angela Piazza/Special to Tribune]
Rosie Aldecoa, 74, stands in front of the Country Store at Schnepf Farms on Sunday May 6, 2012 in Queen Creek, Ariz.
Lauren Jacks, 16, from Queen Creek samples a peach in a U-Pick Orchard at Schnepf Farms with her dog Jasmine on Sunday May 6, 2012 in Queen Creek, Ariz.
Rosie Aldecoa, 74, stands in front of the Country Store at Schnepf Farms on Sunday May 6, 2012 in Queen Creek, Ariz. [Angela Piazza/Special to Tribune]
Lauren Jacks, 16, from Queen Creek samples a peach in a U-Pick Orchard at Schnepf Farms with her dog Jasmine on Sunday May 6, 2012 in Queen Creek, Ariz.
Rosie Aldecoa, 74, stands in front of the Country Store at Schnepf Farms on Sunday May 6, 2012 in Queen Creek, Ariz.
Rosie Aldecoa was originally hired by owner Mark Schnepf’s parents to care for him when he was a child.
Rosie Aldecoa was originally hired by owner Mark Schnepf’s parents to care for him when he was a child.
Schnepf Farms in Queen Creek opens its orchards four days per week each May for pick-it-yourself produce. The fourth-generation working farm and agritainment empire also hosts its annual Peach Festival the next two weekends.
Mark and Carrie Schnepf, shown in their U-Pick it garden on the Farms property in Queen Creek, Friday, Feb. 4, 2011.
Mark and Carrie Schnepf, shown in their U-Pick it garden on the Farms property in Queen Creek, Friday, Feb. 4, 2011.
Luis Gonzalez may be out of the outfield after Sunday, but he will remain in the cornfield for weeks to come. Queen Creek residents Mark and Carrie Schnepf surprised the departing Arizona Diamondback outfielder with a 10-acre tribute crafted with gratitude, admiration, and lots and lots of corn.
Schnepf Farms saluted outgoing Diamondbacks outfielder Luis Gonzalez Friday with an unusual tribute: his likeness carved into a field of corn. Schnepf Farms Photo
MEMENTO: Diamondbacks outfielder Luis Gonzalez thanks Carrie Schnepf for an aerial photo of a corn “maize” in his likeness. His 8-year-old triplets, from left, Megan, Jacob and Alyssa, were excited about the maize.
You wouldn’t know it from all the parking lots and shopping centers in our immediate vicinity, but out on the fringe of suburbia, acres of peaches are growing fat and juicy in the warm spring sunshine.
Schnepf Farms has been a magnet for thieves in recent months, leaving the owner to raise a banner that offers an appeal to the conscience and a $5,000 reward.
Schnepf Farms in Queen Creek hosted its final orchard dinner of the season Saturday. The guest of honor? Peaches, which were featured in all four courses prepared by Arizona Biltmore chef Todd Sicolo.
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