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THIS WEEK’S FRUIT: Cal Red Peach Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA The beloved Cal Red is in a class by itself and is the “Oh my God” peach! A relatively new variety and a California native, the Cal Red was bred…
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Fruit & News of the Week: August 8th
Posted in Newsletter, Uncategorized Tagged with: Bosc, Brix, Cal Red, fireblight, Flavor Heart, Flavor King, grafted, grape, nectarine, nursery, O'Henry, peach, pears, Pluot, pressure guage, refractometer, rootstock, small, stunted, sugar content, summer flare, Taylor's Gold, Trees, Warren Pears, yellow
Recipe: Smoky Heirloom Tomato and Grilled Peach Pasta Salad with Basil Vinaigrette
from How Sweet It Is Ingredients: 1 pound whole wheat pasta, like ziti or rigatoni 2 ears sweet corn 2 peaches, sliced in half and pits removed 1 tablespoon olive oil 4 medium heirloom tomatoes, cut into wedges or chunks…
Posted in Recipes, Uncategorized Tagged with: basil, heirloom tomato, pasta, peach, salad, vinaigrette
Fruit & News of the Week: August 1st
THIS WEEK’S FRUIT: Cal Red Peach Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA The beloved Cal Red is in a class by itself and is the “Oh my God” peach! A relatively new variety and a California native, the Cal Red was bred…
Posted in Newsletter, Uncategorized Tagged with: Cal Red, Flavor Heart, Flavor King, Memories, nectarine, O'Henry, peach, Pluot, Summer Fire
Farm Focus: Sustainable Agriculture
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…
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…
