{"id":3566,"date":"2013-12-31T01:52:33","date_gmt":"2013-12-31T01:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/?p=3566"},"modified":"2013-12-31T01:52:33","modified_gmt":"2013-12-31T01:52:33","slug":"fruit-and-news-of-the-week-december-30th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/fruit-and-news-of-the-week-december-30th\/","title":{"rendered":"Fruit and News of the Week: December 30th"},"content":{"rendered":"

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THIS WEEKS FRUIT<\/h3>\nHayward<\/strong> Kiwi<\/strong>\n\nChieci Farm, Live Oak, CA\n\nOriginally known as the Chinese gooseberry due to its due to their sweet flavor and thin skin.\u00a0Hayward Wright, a New Zealand nurseryman propagated his plants\u00a0by grafting. They eventually became the preferred cultivar of growers\u00a0Ready to eat when they yield to gentle pressure. Store these on the counter for4-5 days. Refrigerate for up to two weeks.\u00a0<\/em>\n\nFuji Apples<\/strong>\n\n<\/strong>Cayuma Orchards, New Cayuma, CA\n\nFujis are a cross between Red Delicious and Ralls Janet, an heirloom\u00a0apple dating back to Thomas Jefferson. Fujis are loved by many for their\u00a0crisp, sweet, and juicy character. Store on your counter out of direct light for\u00a04-5 days. Refrigerate after to maintain crispness.<\/em>\n\nClementine Mandarins<\/strong>\n\nOlsen Organic Farm, Lindsay, CA\n\nClementines are very sweet, juicy, easy to peel and usually seedless,\u00a0making them very popular with children and adults alike.\u00a0Store out of sunlight for 2-4 days on the counter or up to two weeks in the\u00a0fridge.<\/em>\n\nNavel Oranges<\/strong>\n\nOlsen Organic Farm, Lindsay, CA\n\nCalifornia Navel Oranges are considered to be the best Navels for eating\u00a0out of hand. They have a thick skin that is easy to peel, are seedless, and\u00a0have a meaty and sweet flesh that makes them a perfect snack. Navels\u00a0are also great for juicing and cooking.\u00a0Store out of sunlight for 2-4 days on the counter or up to two weeks in the\u00a0fridge.<\/span><\/em>\n

A NOTE FROM FARMER AL<\/strong><\/h3>\nDear CSA Members,\n\nThis time of year, soon after the sun comes up, I enjoy driving\u00a0through our compost area just to experience the compost. The\u00a0newer piles (just recently constructed) are rough-looking. I can\u00a0still see all the shapes and colors of each kind of material\u2026.shredded wood, horse manure, shredded cardboard, and fruit, straw, etc.\n\nThese new piles are hot, and in the early morning sunlight the\u00a0steam can be seen rising from the long pyramid-shaped piles. The\u00a0almost finished piles look very different. Dark chocolate colored\u00a0fine particles, looking like earth with no trace at all of the original\u00a0materials, which by now have been totally biodegraded into humic compounds, the building blocks (molecules) of healthy soil.\u00a0These piles are cooler, no steam, will soon be ready to spread in the\u00a0orchard and start improving the soil. It\u2019s only been six weeks since\u00a0we started these piles\u2026.the transformation in so short a time\u00a0never ceases to amaze me.\n\nIt is most satisfying and fulfilling to me to be the conductor of this\u00a0symphony of nature and science orchestrating residues, machines,\u00a0men, and the science, to bring about this primal song of the soil.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

THIS WEEKS FRUIT Hayward Kiwi Chieci Farm, Live Oak, CA Originally known as the Chinese gooseberry due to its due to their sweet flavor and thin skin.\u00a0Hayward Wright, a New Zealand nurseryman propagated his plants\u00a0by grafting. They eventually became the preferred cultivar of growers\u00a0Ready to eat when they yield to gentle pressure. Store these on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[35],"tags":[58,61,62,234,384,254,108,83,65,84],"class_list":["post-3566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter","tag-apples","tag-citrus","tag-csa","tag-farmer-al","tag-frog-hollow","tag-frog-hollow-farm","tag-fuji-apples","tag-kiwi","tag-navel-oranges","tag-organic"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5HwAU-Vw","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3566\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}