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Fruit and News: Week of February 4th 2013

This Week’s Fruit Pink Lady Apples & Fuji Apples Cayuma Orchards, New Cayuma, CA A cross between the Golden Delicious and Lady Williams, the Pink Lady is a crisp and juicy apple with a tart finish. A creamy white colored

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Farm Focus: Vermiculture at Frog Hollow, The Whys of Vermiculture, Part 1 of 2

Since his return from the vermiculture conference in North Carolina in November, Christophe, our soil biology wizard, has been busy developing our vermiculture program to further enhance our soil fertility in the orchard. My long awaited afternoon with Christophe finally

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Recipe: Eggless Caesar Salad Dressing with Meyer Lemon

A tangy and delicious alternative to the classic raw egg dressing. Perfect to accompany early spring baby lettuce to be found at Market or a nice crispy Romaine. Ingredients 6 small cloves garlic 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt 12 anchovy fillets

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Recipe: Roasted Chicken with Ginger and Blood Orange Marinade

Marinate your chicken the night before, and dinner will be a breeze! Super tasty too. Ingredients 3 pounds bone-in, skin-on chicken parts Marinade juice of 2 blood oranges (about 1/4 cup) 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 3 cloves of garlic,

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Farm Focus: Meyer Lemon Mania

We are having a bumper crop of Meyer Lemons this year! Although our climate is too cold to support a large citrus crop, we do maintain a small citrus grove, including 20 Meyer Lemon trees that we use primarily for

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    Pork Chops with Apples and Onions
    via Martha Stewart

     
    Ingredients:
    6 bone-in pork chops (loin or shoulder), cut 3/4 inch thick
    Coarse salt and fres…

  • Farm Focus: The Buzz with Bees

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  • Fruit & News of the Week: April 9, 2018

    This Week’s Fruit:
    Minneloa Tangelos
    Twin Girls Farm, Dinuba, CA
    The Tangelo is a cross between a mandarin and grapefruit. Its skin is easy to peel and its f…

  • Recipe: DIY Orange Soda

    Via Food52

    Ingredients:

    4 oranges
    1 lime
    1 cup granulated sugar
    Lemon lime seltzer water

    Method:

    Zest the oranges and the lime and add all o…

  • Farm Focus: Jim Churchill of Churchill-Brenneis Orchard

    Jim of Churchill-Brenneis Orchard, never imagined himself becoming a farmer, though he grew up walking through friends orchards on weekend trips from LA. His pa…