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As fruit harvesting tappers, pruning kicks into full swing. Here at the farm, our field crew always stays busy. Most fruit orchards are pruned mechanically, with what essentially looks like an overhead mower. As all of you know, everything at…
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Farm Focus: A Note from Farmer Kristin
Posted in Blog Tagged with: apricots, canopy, hand-pruning, harvesting, mechanically, Nectarines, open vase, peaches, Plums, pruning, thinning
Recipe: Watercress & Endive Salad with Pears & Roquefort
From NYTimes Cooking Ingredients: 1 large, ripe but firm pears 2 teaspoons fresh lime juice 2 tablespoons pecans 1 ounce, lightly toasted 1 bunch watercress, trimmed about 4 ounces 2 endives, broken into leaves 2 ounces Roquefort, Stilton or another…
Fruit & News of the Week: September 5th
THIS WEEK’S FRUIT: Autumn Flame Peach Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA The Autumn Flame brings the peach harvest to a close with a truly nostalgic peach sweetness. The Autumn Flame is naturally more firm, but softens beautifully if aged properly…
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: Apples, apricots, Autumn Flame Peach, bread, Emerald Beaut Plum, Eutypa, fall fruit, figs, Hosui Asian Pear, late harvest plums, nuts, pastries, pears, persimmons, pomegranates, pruning, rain, Red Seedless Grapes, science, staple, unhealthy, warren pear, wheat
Farm Focus: Mulberry Tree Update
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…
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
