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Smashed Persian Cucumbers with Frog Hollow Brooks and Rainier Cherries, Fried Halloumi Cheese and Sorrel If you can’t find sorrel, feel free to use, cilantro, basil, tarragon, chives or mint. They all would work well in this dish. Ingredients: 4…
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Recipe of the Week: Smashed Persian Cucumbers with Frog Hollow Brooks and Rainier Cherries, Fried Halloumi Cheese and Sorrel
Posted in Recipes Tagged with: Bay Area CSA, bay area farm, Community, eat local, eat seasonal, farming, healthy eating, Organic Farming, rainier cherries, salad, salad season, seasonal recipe, smashed cucumber, smashed cucumbers
Fruit of the Week: May 29, 2017
This week’s fruit: Rainier Cherries Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA A well-known variety, the Rainier is the only white cherry we grow. Plump, delicious and with an extremely sweet creamy flesh, they’re best eaten out of hand. Their distinctive flavor…
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: barn owl, Bay Area, bay area farming, cherries, community supported agriculture, crimson lady peaches, east bay, farming, Fuji apples, organic csa, organic farm, organic stone fruit, organically grown, peaches, rainier cherries, redtail hawk, stone fruit, stone fruit season, summer fruit
Farm Focus: Switching Gears for Stone Fruit Season
The last few weeks there has been a palpable change on the farm as we switch gears for summer stone fruit season. You can feel the excitement in groups of people huddled around the box of the first cherries coming…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: Apricot, apriums, Bay Area, Bay Area CSA, California, california farming, cherries, community supported agriculture, contra costa county, east bay, growing, irregation, mulch, orchard, Organic, Organic Farming, peaches, Plums, Pluots, stone fruit season
Recipe: Cherry & Strawberry Storage
3 Rules for Storing Strawberries & Cherries Wash as you go. Wash strawberries & cherries only before eating them. This is important for two reasons. Fruit are like sponges, so once wet, they soak up every bit of moisture, making…
Posted in Recipes Tagged with: Bay Area CSA, cherries, eating seasonal, farm to table, freezing, fresh, fruit, fruit csa, homemade, Organic, Organic Farming, organic strawberries, Smoothies, strawberries, whole 30
Fruit & News of the Week: May 22, 2017
This week’s fruit: Brooks Cherries Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA Brooks Cherries are the total package. Beautiful deep red color, perfect tart/sweet balance & great texture! Rainier Cherries Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA A well-known variety, the Rainier is the…
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: Bay Area, Bay Area CSA, bay area farming, brooks cherries, california grown, cherries, cherry season, community supported agriculture, CSA, east bay, farming, Fuji apples, Hass Avocados, norcal faming, Organic Farming, pixie tangerines, rainier cherries, south bay, summer
