Beginning Friday May 31, 2024 we will go back to our regular hours:
Tuesdays through Saturday: 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
Sundays : 11:00 am to 5:00 pm
Closed on Mondays
We are starting off the summer season with apricots, plums and peaches. Spring Rose is an early season white peach. For unknown reasons three varieties of apricots are ripening at the same time. We have Robada, Royal Rosa, and Royal Blenheim. Loquats are also in season.
We are continuing to thin our fruit trees. Many have a heavy crop that needs to be thinned out and blemishes removed. If we don't do this we will have tasty but small fruit.
The gardens are starting to fill in. I am battling bind weed and an unknown insect that likes to eat tender baby cucumber and bean plants. Weeding is a daily chore. We have covered several rows of vegetables with Agribon to protect them. Summer squash has not had these problems and are now producing.
This year, the ume season was fast and furious. Suddenly it was ready to pick. Not just one variety, but all of them. A few people were able to get enough to make their annual supply of umeboshi, umeshu, ume syrup, and ume vinegar. I will start taking orders for next years crop in April 2025.
We continue to have a supply of hoshigaki (Japanese dried persimmons) in the freezer. These are sweet and tender with traditional persimmon flavor. They are coated with hoshigaki sugar. A sweet treat. They are available at the farm stand and through mail order. For mail order, please use our 2023 mail order form.
REGULAR HOURS
Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat: 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
Sunday: 11:00 to 5:00
Closed on Mondays
Here is what we have at the Farm Stand from Otow Orchard
Peaches: Spring Rose: Early season white peach. Not as flavorful as later varieties. Still delicate, sweet and juicy.
Valencia Oranges: These oranges have thin skin and high juice content. Used for juicing or fresh eating. Slice them in half and cut them into smiles.๐
Persimmon: Frozen Hachiya persimmon pulp.
Plums: Red Beaut plums: These early season yellow fleshed plums are sweet and juicy.
Apricots: Royal Rosa: early apricot. Sweet, mild apricot with good flavor.
Royal Blenheim: Well known variety with balance of sweetness and tartness and great flavor. Best if enjoyed with a green blush.
Robada: Large orange apricot with red blush. Apricot fragrance and flavor.
Summer Squash: Green and yellow zucchini. Very fresh and easy to cook.
⚘ Calendula Salve and Lip Balm: Wonderfully thick salve for healing dry skin, bug bites and scrapes.
Here is what we have from other producers:
Stoney Point Orchard in Loomis, Certified Organic:
Ruby Red Grapefruit: Sweet-tart and juicy with pink flesh. Great flavor.
Valencia Oranges: very juicy and sweet. Great for juicing or slicing.
La Bella Vito Farm in Loomis is bringing us fresh๐ฅ eggs from pastured ๐๐chickens. Limited supply.