Giant Tomato

We still have tomatoes growing, but none as big as the one in the picture to the left. This was one of the biggest of this year, and it weighed quite a bit over a pound. Right now we have a lot of eggplant and bitter melon coming in, too.


Here's what we have for sale now at the fruit stand:

• Plums--Cassleman, Late Duarte
  
• Asian pear--2oth Century, New Century, Hosui, Shinko
• Apples--Red Delicious
  
• Bartlett pears
• Melons--Ambosia
  
• Figs--white and black
  
• Tomatoes (regular and cherry), tomatillos, eggplant, green beans, cucumber, zucchini, summer squash, bitter melon, peppers (sweet and hot), basil (Genovase and lettuce leaf), garlic, onions
• Honey-from bees at our orchard
• Organically grown seedlings from Peas and Harmony

At the Fruit Stand

Here's what we have for sale now at the fruit stand:

• Peaches--Faye Elberta, Rio Oso Gem, O'Henry
  
• Plums--Elephant Heart, , Laroda, Eldorado, Kelsey, Cassleman, Late Duarte
  
• Asian pear--2oth Century, New Century, Hosui
• Bartlett pears
• Melons--Ogen, Ambosia, Break Fast
  
• Figs--white and black
  
• Tomatoes (regular and cherry), tomatillos, eggplant, green beans, cucumber, zucchini, summer squash, bitter melon, peppers (sweet and hot), Swiss chard, basil (Genovase and lettuce leaf), garlic, onions
• Honey-from bees at our orchard
• Organically grown seedlings from Peas and Harmony

In the photo above is a dragon fly that landed on the top of a tomato cage in my garden. For a few weeks this summer there were a lot of this type of golden spotted dragon fly around the orchard. They seem to like to land on the tomato cages and on tall stakes in the gardens.

Elephant Heart Plums & the Ark of Taste

In the box above are elephant heart plums. They're large, heart-shaped, sweet-sour and juicy with mottled red and green skin and pink to dark red flesh. Elephant heart is an heirloom variety of plum that is part of Slow Food's USA's "Ark of Taste". Slow Food USA's Ark of Taste "aims to rediscover and catalogue forgotten flavors by documenting excellent food products that are in danger of disappearing".

Our orchard happens to grow quite a few fruits and vegetables that are included in the Ark of Taste. Besides elephant heart plums, we currently have Laroda plums, Rio Oso Gem peaches, and Faye Elberta peaches. To see all of what we grow from the Ark of Taste, click here to go to our Local Harvest listing, and scroll down to the Ark of Taste list at the bottom of the page.