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Farm Focus: A Winter Poem

Love Letters In wintertime trees secretly write green love letters every night — tiny messages curled up tight. Trees write these letters when our world turns cold when hope seems lost when they long to hold memories of autumn glittering

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Recipe: Cranberry Orange Muffins

from Food.com Serves 12 Ingredients: 2 cups flour 3⁄4 cup sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda 1⁄2 teaspoon salt 1 cup cranberries 1 egg 3⁄4 cup orange juice 1⁄4 cup vegetable oil 1 teaspoon grated orange rind

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Fruit & News of the Week: December 19th

THIS WEEK’S FRUIT: Navel Oranges Twin Girls Farm, Yettem, CA California Navel Oranges are considered to be the best Navels for eating out of hand. They have a thick skin that is easy to peel, are seedless and have a

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Farm Focus: 800 Feet of Hedgerow Planted!

Kristin Planting our Hedgerow

Okay folks, this will be our last post about conservation projects on the farm…we’re just so excited about these efforts!  Our last conservation project this year was to plant a hedgerow of trees and shrubs, in conjunction with our partnership

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Recipe: Pan Roasted Chicken with Bacon and Apples

from Zenbelly.com Ingredients: 1 whole chicken, cut up into 8 pieces 1 teaspoon finely ground sea salt 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper 1/2 pound bacon (5 to 6 thick strips) 1 cup sliced shallots (about 3 large) 1 apple, sliced

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Recent Posts

  • Recipe: Pork Chops with Apples and Onions

    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

    Spring is synonymous with blooming flowers and where there are blooming flowers there are bees! And while most people think  of European honey bees, we  w…

  • 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…