{"id":4132,"date":"2011-04-12T19:18:03","date_gmt":"2011-04-12T19:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/?p=388"},"modified":"2011-04-12T19:18:03","modified_gmt":"2011-04-12T19:18:03","slug":"week-of-april-11th-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/week-of-april-11th-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Week of April 11th 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>In This Week's Box<\/h2>\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_7140.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_7140-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"CSA Box filled with oranges, apples, avocados, kiwis, tomatoes and a lime.\" title=\"CSA Box - Week of Apr 11 2011\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-389\" \/><\/a>\n\n[box_list]\n<ul>\n\t<li>Slicer tomatoes, Dinuba, CA<\/li>\n\t<li>Fuerte Avocados, Azusa, CA<\/li>\n\t<li>Persian Limes, Oceanside, CA<\/li>\n\t<li>Fuji apples, Cuyama, CA<\/li>\n\t<li>Pink Lady apples, Cuyama, CA<\/li>\n\t<li>Navel Oranges, Lindsay, CA<\/li>\n\t<li>Tarocco Blood oranges, Oceanside, CA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/box_list]\n\n\n[print_this]\n<h2>From Farmer Al<\/h2>\n\n<h3>Report from the orchard: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly<\/h3>\n\nDear CSA Members,\n\nThe Bad: Apricots have been wiped out by March 5th\u2019s rain. Refer to my <a href=\"http:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/2011\/articles\/newsletter\/week-of-march-7th-2011\">newsletter of March 7th for the why<\/a>. My worst fears have come true. Our apricot blossoms went from snowy white and beautiful to black and ugly. 98% of the fruit has been destroyed. I\u2019m hopeful enough Blenheims have survived to make an appearance in the boxes to come.\n\nThe Ugly: The apricot trees are studded with thousands of dead, blackened fruitwood and branches which we must remove by pruning. It\u2019s costly but necessary, or we\u2019ll have even higher risk of <em>brown rot blossom blight<\/em> next year!\n\nThe Good: Always finish with the good\u2026 Most other crops look okay and some even look significantly better than last year. One of these better crops are the pears which look as if they might produce the largest crop of all three varieties (Warren, Bosc, Taylor\u2019s Gold, and Seckel) that we\u2019ve ever had. I hope your children like them as much as mine do. We\u2019ll have plenty to help us stay afloat into this year\u2019s holiday season and beyond.\n\nWith Spring\/Summer sign-ups now available\u2014Please! Please!\u2014invite a friend to join. We need more solid, dedicated members to make our CSA financially sustainable. If you invite a friend, ask them to let us know who referred them, so we know how they found us.\n\nRegards to all,\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/assets\/FarmerAlSig.gif\" width=\"250\" alt=\"Signature of Farmer Al\">\n\n<hr>\n\n<h2 style=\"margin-top:20px;\">From Karen and Kimi<\/h2>\n\nHey folks, it's guacamole time! In addition to the usual fruits, we found a couple little extras to liven things up. Mix up those avocados, limes, and the slicer tomatoes for a tasty little Vitamin E laden guacamole sanck.\n\nWe've got some more little treats lined up in the weeks to come, including some special sneak peeks of new add-ons and another taste or two from the kitchen. Our new CSA structure is allowing us lots of flexibility to partner up with some great local producers, so if you've been longing for some pastured farm-fresh eggs, or some sustainable organic breads, you won't have to wait much longer.\n\n-K&K\n\np.s. If you call outside of office hours or we're on the other line the voicemail message when you reach Karen's extension says accounts receivable, but is in fact CSA. We're working on getting it changed, but never fear, we're a <em>very<\/em> small office, so no matter which option you hit, your message will find its way to the right person!\n\n\n[\/print_this]","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My worst fears have come true. 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