Produce and Jars

 Our mini orchard that we started 3 years ago is giving us a decent crop this year.

I'm so looking forward to next year! 

Prices:
Peaches and Pluots available only this week

Organic Peaches  $1.50 per pound (about 5 medium sized peaches)

Organic Pluots $1.50 per pound (about 3 large pluots)

Organic Zucchini 50 cents per pound

Small bouquet of organic basil, sage, or snippet of rosemary 50 cents each
(the zucchini in the photo is LARGE so the fruit may appear smaller than it is)

I've been busy making jams and have 3 different kinds available. The strawberry has received rave reviews from family and friends. The plum and cherry have also gotten many compliments.

Prices:

Organic plum jam $3

Cherry jam $4

Strawberry jam $3

Each jar is made from local fruit and is a half pint (8 ounces)

Today, Veronica helped feed our hens. Its always a party with her around. :)

Francesca picking cherries

                                           
                                              Our boys and friends pitting cherries for the jam                                              

COMING SOON:

Thompson seedless grapes

More peaches

Dill pickles

Spicy dill pickles

Brandied pears

Waldo The Yellow Tractor

Welcome to my new farm blog. All the posts below this one are farm-type ones I transferred from my personal blog and are all out of chronological order! But from here on we're starting fresh, Fresca!

Tree Planting Party

From February 2009:

Last Super-hole Sunday (as Esther named it) some of our friends and family came over and dug a row of 21 tree holes along our creek, 3 holes in our back yard, and planted 14 trees in some of those holes! Wow! Thank you so much for the help. That was so awesome!

The trees we planted along the creek:

2 nectarines

1 Fuji Apple

1 Golden Delicious Apple

1 almond

2 plums

1 pluot

1 peach

1 Bing Cherry

1 Rainier Cherry

1 apricot

The trees in the back yard:

1 Meyer Lemon

1 kumquat

Now Jason and I get the pleasure of purchasing 10 more trees to plant in the holes that are already dug! We plan on getting more different varieties of fruit trees, plus a pecan for the row along the creek. A lime for the hole in the back yard. This will allow easy access for Jason's margarita making.

In addition to the above trees, last month Jason planted a Navel Orange and a Blood Orange in the front yard. There's also a small mystery citrus in the front yard that came with our house.

Having many fruit trees is a dream come true for Jason and I.