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A good time was had by all  Dear CSA Members,  Thank you to those of you who came out to the farm for our fall harvest celebration. Even though the temperatures wereup over 90 degrees, over 150 members, friends and family came out to picnic, pick apple and listen to music.  Early in the event […]

The Giving Trees After 30 years in the ground, growing and producing peaches that thrilled thousands of people, our old Cal Red trees are being pulled out to be replaced by younger, more vigorous trees – the next generation. I’m very sad to see them go, but this last summer it was even sadder when […]

A NOTE FROM FARMER AL Dear CSA Members, Every day, as I pass by our rows of olive trees, I’m amazed by the sight  of so many olives draped on heavily hanging branches. This will surely  be a record harvest for us, and also the earliest. Looks like we’ll be  picking this big crop starting […]

Marlene here, cleaning the dirt from under my fingernails to type up a little update on the garden project. Fall is quickly approaching, and the tomatoes and peppers are slowing in their production as the days shorten. However, Anna is still busy in the kitchen experimenting with new recipes to use these delicious veggies. Anna and I have been working together for the past few months to […]

Dear CSA Members, It was a warm and balmy day in San Francisco…could have been Acapulco, 800 and humid. There were lots of regulars raving about the fruit, but also bemoaning the end of Cal Reds. But no matter, they were still happy to have the Summersets and the Autumn Flames. So I was really enjoying the day […]

A NOTE FROM SARAH This past week brought warm sunshine and cooler breezes to the Farm. The season is changing and it shows in the intensity of the heat and length of the shadows as the sun rises in the east to warm the trees and sets behind Mt. Diablo in the west, cool breezes […]

Green Tomatoes  Dear CSA Members, All around our orchard is land planted in corn, tomatoes, and this year, garlic. We are accustomed to the small cannery tomato plants, the helicopter sprays, and the dust the tractors kick up. During tomato harvest, about 1 1⁄2 weeks, the sound of the picking/packing platforms that sound like a […]

Dear CSA Members Is It The Water? We’re happy to report that for the time being, at least to the end of this season, our irrigation water will not be curtailed. Needless to say, this is a huge relief. In spite of the fact that we have the oldest riparian rights in the state, back […]

Incantato Bellini Dear CSA Members, This week in your box you will have a combo of O Henry’s (we’ll hear more about those later) and the divine and very short lived, Opal white peach. White peaches come and go in a flash and need to be eaten at just the right moment and for just the right […]

Dear CSA Members, As we still enjoy nectarines and we gear up for O’Henry and Cal Red peaches, this week the spot light is on the pluots. We’ll be picking Flavor King and Dapple Dandy pluots and they are both delicious this year. And next week, we should have Flavor Heart pluots. All varieties were created by 88-year-old […]