In last week’s newsletter we talked about how we leave our weed cuttings in the tree rows to provide organic matter for the soil. Leaving these weed cuttings in the rows also provides nest-building materials for our friends, the earwig eating birds.
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Checking on the fruit
Sarah, Jeff, Karen, Karina and I just went for a walk through the orchards to check out the new variety of peaches that are beating our cherries off the tree.
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Fruit and News: Week of May 20th 2013This Week’s Fruit
Rainier Cherries
Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA
The Rainier is the only white cherry we grow. Created in 1952 at Washington State Univer…
Farm Focus: History of the Ferry Plaza Farmers’ MarketHistory of the Ferry Plaza Farmers’ Market
by Sibella KrausShoppers—in groups of one and two and small tribes—move from stall to stall at a weekend p…
- Recipe: Pan Seared Pork Chops with Cherry Lime Salsa
Ingredients
4 pork chops
¾ pound cherries, stems and pits removed
1 cup chopped cilantro, divided
½ cup minced shallots, divided
½ Jalepeno pepper seeds… 
Fruit and News: Week of May 13th 2013This Week’s Fruit
Brooks Cherries
Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA
Named for the Turkish town of Cerasus, cherries have been cultivated since about 300 BCE….
Farm Focus: Bees – We Need Them!There’s been a lot of press lately on the serious decline of the honeybee population known as CCD (colony collapse disorder) and its link to the insecticide…
