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This Week’s Fruit Bing Cherries Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA Farmer Al likes to say, “Bing is King!” Not only is the Bing our most popular variety, they’re the most popular and commonly grown cherry in California today. For good…
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Farm Focus: This Compost
Behold this compost! behold it well! Perhaps every mite was once form’d part of a sick person – yet behold! The grass of spring covers the prairies, The bean bursts noiselessly through the mould in the garden, The delicate spear…
Posted in Blog, Newsletter, Uncategorized Tagged with: Compost, CSA, Organic, poetry, sustainability
Strawberry Rhubarb Compote
Ingredients 1 lb rhubarb 1 pint strawberries ½ cup sugar ¼ cup water 2 tablespoons mint (optional) Preparation Cut the rhubarb into ½ inch wide pieces. Hull the strawberries and slice them in half. In a large saucepan combine the…
Fruit and News: Week of May 20th 2013
This Week’s Fruit Rainier Cherries Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA The Rainier is the only white cherry we grow. Created in 1952 at Washington State University, they are a cross between the Bing and Van. Plump, delicious, and with extremely…
Farm Focus: History of the Ferry Plaza Farmers’ Market
History of the Ferry Plaza Farmers’ Market by Sibella Kraus Shoppers—in groups of one and two and small tribes—move from stall to stall at a weekend pace. They feast their eyes on the bountiful displays of seasonal produce and flowers,…
Posted in Blog, Newsletter Tagged with: CSA, CUESA, Ferry Plaza Farmers Market, Frog Hollow, Organic, San Francisco
