Twin Peaks Orchard

The best fruit you could possibly imagine, but me and my family come for the stories. Ed, the farm owner, will talk your ear off if you let him: P but his stories keep us coming back. On a serious note, not only is the farm stand entertaining as hell, the fruit really is the BEST!
P. S. If you have the time, click on the profile of the 1-​star reviewer. Their scathing reviews of other businesses had me in stitches

A great family ran operation with awesome fruit! How sweet can a peach get? When the juice runs down your face and you bend forward to eat it… simply delicious. Camelia and Justin are great to deal with and love what they do… Twin Peaks Orchard also has a few events each year in their orchard which are simply wonderful!

Literally the best farm at any of the farmers markets in Sonoma County, and probably beyond.
The 1 star ad is probably someone who is freaked out by people with personality, the farmer (Ed) has plenty of personality! And my husband & I like people like that. Think of a person with strong opinions (he’s very lefty) and his fruit? Like manna from heaven, and all organic.
There is nothing wrong with the Dry Creek Peaches (peach competitor), they are also just as tasty as Ed’s peaches, just a lot more expensive. I can’t choose one over the other, Twin Peaks also has a lot more varieties of fruit year round. Right now it’s winter & I’m eating tons of their Satsumas & Mandarins — they are incredibly sweet!
And the prices! For $ 20 you get a TON of fruit from Ed. Also Ed has a following amongst those of us in the know. He’s got women who LOVE him, so many times I go to his stand at the market — PACKED WITH WOMEN. He’s like a celeb, literally. Or packed with men and he’s regaling everyone with stories, or women and men. He likes everybody and is filled with stories about Italy, Europe, Asia, he’s been all over.
If you miss him at the SR market on Sat, there’s the Sunday market in Sebastopol, his DIL is there — it’s much more low key. Ed otoh is a PEOPLE person and a character. He’s a one-​of –a-​kind with the best produce around!
PS, if you do get a «green» peach, bring it home & it will be great in a few days. We keep a HUGE silver bowl in our house in the summer time filled with Ed’s (Twin Peaks) peaches and nectarines. Huge. Love it, Sweet and juicy!

I go to the orchard every weekend from June through September to buy the best fruit you can imagine. The peaches are wonderful and they have an amazing variety. The nectarines are even better.
It is a haul to get there and a bit hard to find if you don’t know the area, but the trip is worth it. You can eat what you buy that very day, which is not the rule with Farmer’s Market buys…
Make the drive and load up for jam, gifts or just a week of fantastic fruit. You won’t reget it!

I don’t know what the fruit is like at the orchard itself but at the Santa Rosa Market they brought green peaches. In Sonoma County we are used to a certain level of customer service and his was far below what I would even call civil. I’d asked if he had any samples of the fruit (a VERY common practice at the market). He thrust a green peach at me and said «Here. I don’t know what you can tell from it. It’s hard». That turned us off immediately. I said «Oh, they aren’t tree ripened?» He literally began to shout at us. He said there was no way he would bring ripe fruit because they would be «demolished». Why buy farm fresh then? Go to Safeway and get cheap green peaches (YUK!) If you come to Sonoma Cnty, buy ONLY Dry Creek Peaches. Tree ripened and fantastic!