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3 Rules for Storing Strawberries & Cherries Wash as you go. Wash strawberries & cherries only before eating them. This is important for two reasons. Fruit are like sponges, so once wet, they soak up every bit of moisture, making…
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Recipe: Cherry & Strawberry Storage
Posted in Recipes Tagged with: Bay Area CSA, cherries, eating seasonal, farm to table, freezing, fresh, fruit, fruit csa, homemade, Organic, Organic Farming, organic strawberries, Smoothies, strawberries, whole 30
Fruit & News of the Week: May 1st
THIS WEEK’S FRUIT: Albion Strawberries Coke Farm, San Juan Bautista, CA The Albion is a newer variety strawberry developed at UC Davis. The sweet flavor and firm flesh makes the Albion an excellent dessert or preserving berry. Fuji Apples Cuyama,…
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: Bay Area, community supported agricultyre, CSA, fruit, healthy, local, seasonal
Recipe: Citrus Granita
adapted from a Food Network recipe Serves 4 Granita is a coarse, Italian-style flavored ice made with fresh juice and requires no special equipment to make! Ingredients: 4 1/2 cups citrus juice – combine your favorite sweet and tart fruits…
Fruit & News of the Week: March 27th
THIS WEEK’S FRUIT: Sanguinelli Blood Oranges Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA Sanguinelli is the latest variety of our blood oranges. The flesh is sweet and ranges in color from orange with dark red streaking to a dark red maroon. Sanguinellis…
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: apple, apricots, Avocado, bees, Blood Orange, bravocado, Brentwood, cherries, Chiechi Farm, fall off, flavor kings, Frog Hollow Farm, fruit, fruit set report, fuji, hass, Hayward, Kiwi, linden, Lindsay, Live Oak, mildew spores, Navel, Olson Organics, orange, peaches, pears, Pink Lady, plum, Pluots, pollinate, pruning, rain, ruby grapefruit, san diego, sanguinelli, smit farm, Soil Fertility, soil moisture, sundance, vigor, warrens, wet weather
Farm Focus: Pruning Time & Spring Stroll Event
It’s Pruning Time! Winter on the farm is far from uneventful. Trees may be dormant, but our teams are far from it. Preparation and work during winter sets the tone for the success of our summer stone fruit. As mentioned…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: balance, bloom, branches, buds, chain saw, comb, Compost, compost tea, cut, dormant, energy, event, fruit, Honey, honeybee hive, orchard, pollinator, pruning, spring stroll, stone fruit, sunlight, team leader, tree team, winter
