Monday, July 25, 2016

PEACHES AND PLUMS

Its time for Friar Plum Pie.  This easy to make pie is in season.  Find Friar plums and the recipe at our farm stand.
The Fay Elberta peach season has started, soon to be followed by O'Henry and Rio Oso Gem peaches.  We also have several varieties of plums and pluots. We still have wild blackberries for another week or so but this heat spell may contribute to the end of their season.
In the garden we are starting to get tomatoes.The gardens are also producing cherry tomatoes, lemon cucumbers, Japanese cucumbers, squash, peppers and eggplant.

At the Farm Stand we are selling:
Peaches:  Gene Elberta, Fay Elberta, 49er
Cling Peach:  Bowen
Plums:  Santa Rosa, Friar, Eldorado, Kelsey, Laroda
Pluots: Flavor King, Flavor Queen, Dapple Dandy
Berries:  Wild Blackberries
Nectarines: Fantasia
Vegetables:  Summer squash, Lemon cucumbers, Japanese cucumbers, eggplant, peppers, cherry tomatoes, tomatoes, tomatillos
Other items: Hoshigaki strips, Calendula Suave, Good Stuff Jam, local honey

From other local farms:
Sunnyslope Farm:  Suncrest peaches, Candy Stripe pluots,
Pleasant Hill Farm:  Friar plums, Dapple Dandy pluot
Lovejoy Farm:  Sweet onions, eggs

Tuesday, July 5, 2016

PEACH SEASON


We have a few Red Haven peaches left then it's onto mid summer peach varieties.  These yellow and white freestone peaches are the gems of the summer.  We will be starting to harvest Gene Elberta, Suncrest, and Delight yellow peaches.  We are harvesting Nectar, Silver Logan and Sugar Lady white peaches.

Our peaches are delicious, yet they lack the blemish free look of those you see in the store.  It is the dilemma of not spraying for diseases and pests.  Our fruit is also on the small side due to our dependence on nutrition in the soil and not added chemical fertilizers which would stimulate growth.  Our crops escaped hail, frost, and intense wind damage so we have a good crop and are able to sustain our goal of donating fresh produce to the food bank twice a week.  Thank you to all our customers for being part of a bigger picture.


At the farm stand we are selling:
Yellow peaches:  Red Haven , Gene Elberta, Delight, and Suncrest
White peches:  Nectar, Sugar Lady, and Silver Logan
Plums:  Santa Rosa, Laroda, Black Amber, Frontier, Burgundy, Satsuma, and Eldorado
Pluots:  Dapple Dandy, Flavor King, and Flavor Queen
Berries:  Wild Blackberries
Nectarines:  Flavortop
Vegetables:  Summer squash, Zucchini, long beans, lemon cucumbers, Asian cucumbers, Japanese eggplants, and a few Shishito peppers, tomatillos, cherry tomatoes, and tomatoes.

Local farms are bring us:  Yellow and white peaches, Black Amber plums, Pink Grapefruit,

We also have local honey, calendula salve and lip balm, and Good Stuff Jam.

Please check our hours before coming.

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