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I’m a fan of easy to peel citrus, which is why I love mandarins and tangelos. For any of the more stubborn citrus to peel, I simply use my trusty ceramic paring knife.
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How to slice an orange
Posted in Articles, How to Tagged with: blood oranges, Citrus, How To, knife skills, Navel Oranges, oranges, valencia oranges
Week of February 14th 2011
Last week while visiting Pleasanton CSA member Jon Harvey at his mountain cabin on Lake Serene near Truckee, he loaned me the book Water Consciousness
Posted in Articles, Newsletter Tagged with: Apples, avocados, blood oranges, books, Citrus, conservation, Hass Avocados, Navel Oranges, olsen organics, oranges, Pink Lady, pink lady apples, recommended reading, sustainability, water conservation
Week of February 7th 2011
Farmer Al, Becky, and Family are all taking a much deserved vacation this week. Farmer Al’s newsletter will be back next week, meanwhile I have some CSA updates for you.
Posted in Articles, Newsletter Tagged with: Apples, avocados, blood oranges, blossom festival, Citrus, Community, Frog Hollow Farm pears, Fuerte avocados, Fuji apples, grapefruit, Navel Oranges
Week of January 31st 2011
To make strong headway into our goals of creating a stronger community and connection between the farm and our members, we are looking for volunteers to form a CSA advisory board.
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: Apples, avocados, blood oranges, Citrus, lemons, meyer lemons, oranges, pink lady apples, pomelo, zutano avocados
How to peel a Pomelo
If you’re at a loss on how to peel that large citrus in your box this week, rest assured, there’s a lot of information out there regarding the Pomelo. Here’s a great video I found on YouTube.
