Fallbrook area still a perfect spot for farming

Strawberry farm finds a home in Rainbow

Ever since Vital Reche came to this area in 1869, looking for good farming land and mild weather, many people have followed him here for the same reasons, including Kenny Fietz, who found the perfect spot for a farm in Rainbow.

Kenny's Strawberry Farm features one of the crops that Mr. Reche himself planted along Live Oak Creek. While customers can pick the fruit themselves at his U-pick site (just like in the past), Fietz uses modern farming methods to produce strawberries.

Growing up in Temecula, Fietz did not have access to a high school agriculture p...