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On a golf cart ride through the orchard last week we stopped to see how our mulberry trees are doing. Last January we planted 150 trees. Since our cherry crop has been so light due to warmer winters, we’ve planted…
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Farm Focus: Mulberry Tree Update
Posted in Blog, Uncategorized Tagged with: antioxidants, cherry crop, Fall Harvest Festival, harvest, health benefits, mulberries, Pakistani, Persian, phytonutrients, Trees, Vitamin C
Recipe: Asian Pear Slaw
from www.flavourandsavour.com Serves 2 Ingredients: 2 large stalks celery 2 Asian pears 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh cilantro leaves 2 green onions (scallions), thinly sliced 1/2 inch piece of fresh ginger, finely grated 2 Tbsp. fresh lime juice 2 Tbsp.…
Posted in Recipes, Uncategorized Tagged with: Asian pear, celery, cilantro, ginger, lime, rice vinegar, scallions, slaw, thai pepper
Fruit & News of the Week: August 22nd
THIS WEEK’S FRUIT: Summerset Peach Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA The Summerset matures into a very large peach, some weighing in at more than two pounds! Bright yellow with hardly no blush to speak of, the Summerset is a freestone that…
Posted in Newsletter, Uncategorized Tagged with: Apples, August Red, beneficial insects, coddling moth, Emerald Beaut, emerald beauts, Flavor Heart, Flavor King, Grapes, harvesting, japanese black trifele, ketchup, lucid gem, nectarine, olio-nuevo, Olives, peach, plum, Pluot, red brandywine, red seedless, Shinko Pears, summerset, tomatoes, varieties, watermelon beefsteak
Recipe: Green Chile Peach Tostadas
Serves 4 Ingredients 8 corn tortillas Olive oil cooking spray 1 (14-ounce) can refried black beans 4 ripe peaches, pitted and sliced 1 cup halved cherry or grape tomatoes 1/4 cup pepitas, toasted 1/2 cup cotija cheese, optional Lime slices,…
Fruit & News of the Week: August 15th
THIS WEEK’S FRUIT: Cal Red Peach Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA The beloved Cal Red is in a class by itself and is the “Oh my God” peach! A relatively new variety and a California native, the Cal Red was bred…
Posted in Newsletter, Uncategorized Tagged with: 3000 pounds, Apples, Asian Pears, August Red, autumn flame, basil, Cal Red, cold storage, conserve, crimson royale, cucumbers, dried fruit, eggplant, emerald beauts, Flavor Heart, Flavor King, freezing, garden, Grapes, gravensteins, harvest, heirlooms, hosui, ketchup, kitchen, nectarine, orchard, pallets, peach, Peppers, pesto, pink pearls, Pluot, pomegranate jelly, roasted, sandwich, sauce, shinko, shinseki, soup, squash, summerset, tomato conserva, tomatoes, varieties, zucchini
