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Sustainable can be defined as the ability to be maintained at a certain rate or level. The imperative word in this definition is “maintain”. Sustainable agriculture must incorporate practices that look beyond the needs of today and into the future…
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Farm Focus: Sustainable Agriculture
Posted in Blog, Uncategorized Tagged with: Agriculture, Compost, conventional, CSA, dried, ecological system, farming, frozen, mail order, Organic, overripe, ripeness, sustainable, underripe, vermicompost
Recipe: Plum Almond Tartlets
from Epicurious, referred to us by CSA member Julie Shanson Ingredients: 1 sheet frozen puff pastry (half of 17.3-ounce package), thawed 4 tablespoons almond paste, crumbled 4 plums (or pluots), halved, pitted, cut into 1/4-inch-thick wedges 1 large egg, beaten…
Fruit & News of the Week: July 25th
THIS WEEK’S FRUIT: Summer Lady Peaches Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA The Summer Lady is a variety that developed naturally in a commercial orchard in Fresno and was discovered in 1982. An early-ripening variant of the O’Henry, it is similarly…
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: acid, battle of the peaches, cal reds, Contest, delicious, drip, farmers market, firm, high fructose, O'Henry, soft-ripe, t-shirts
Farm Focus: Mites
It’s the year of the two spotted mites. A mite is a species of spider. The two spot might and the European red mite can cause devastating damage to peaches and nectarines. Luckily, they ignore everything else in our orchard but this…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: dust, hot weather, infestation, irrigation, leaves, microorganisms, mites, Nectarines, peaches, phenolic, red dots, spider, stylet oil, vermicompost tea
Recipe: Green Bean and Peach Salad
from Saveur Ingredients: 1⁄2 cup olive oil 1 medium yellow onion, thinly sliced 1 lb. firm-ripe yellow peaches, sliced 1 tbsp. finely chopped oregano 2 tbsp. white balsamic vinegar Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste 2 lb.…
