Los Gatos, San Francisco, Palo Alto, and Beyond.
The dry-farmed Early Girl tomatoes are coming on strong and they taste great. We will be offering them by the 20# crate for $50 or by the pint basket for $3 apiece. We will be bringing around 20 cases, for sure, and maybe more.
Amana Orange Heirloom tomatoes are starting up this weekend. Other colors, shapes, flavors, and sizes are ripening too.
Piennolo tomatoes getting ready for a ride through the dehydrator. We can’t sundry these the way they do in Italy because no matter how much sun we have inj the day to dehydrate we always have fog in the night to rehydrate. But the dehydrator works perfectly.
These brilliant pinks and purples are a nice counterpoint to all the oranges and browns and yellows of late summer and early fall. Starr’s dahlia beds are doing well this year.
San Marzano tomatoes are starting. We figure on picking around 20 x 20# cases to bring to Piccino. We’re asking $60/case..
Dry-Farmed Piennolo tomatoes are so good. They taste great and if you don’t use them all at once they hang out in splendid shape for a long time. They make great dried tomatoes but they’re excellent fresh too.
Hello Friends: If you live anywhere around the South Bay please drop in on us in Los Gatos, at 15819 Izorah Way. We will be there from 11 to 1 on Saturday, slinging tomatoes, flowers, herbs, and other earthly treasures. Our friends at Farm Cat Marmalade will be joining us with their preserves. Spread the word- and the marmalade! And a big “Thank you!” to Sueling and her family, for their hospitality and support. We’re in the fields picking right now and the crop looks good. Dry-Farmed Early Girls will be $50 for a 20# case, and we will have some pint baskets available for $4pint basket or 3 for $10. Cherry tomatoes and/or Piennolo tomatoes will be $4/pint basket or 3 baskets for $10 as well and whole flats for $36/case. San Marzano Tomatoes will be $60/20 lb case. Heirlooms will be $30/flat. We will also bring herbs, flowers, and other goodies from the earth. As always, cash works best, but we do Venmo & Paypal too.
We’ve never grown this sunflower before so we’re waiting to see what it looks like when fully open.
On Sunday, August 31st, we will be popping up with Farm Cat in front of Piccino Restaurant in San Francisco, 1001 Minnesota Street, down in The Dogpatch. Besides the tomatoes, flowers, herbs, peppers and fruits that we are harvesting, Starr will be bringing the lavender oils and hydrosols from our lavender crop.
Our friends and neighbors at Eothen Floral dropped in for a truck-load of color. Katie’s flower workshop & studio are just around the corner from our house but her beautiful creations go all around the state. Thanks for your support and encouragement, Katie!
Galeaux d’Eysines, a flavorful and curious heirloom hard squash that we are harvesting right now.
More details next week, but our next stops will be in Palo Alto, Santa Cruz, and back to West Berkeley.
As our sacramental marigold crop comes into focus we will announce a series of U-Pick Marigold events. Thanks, Starr & Andy
This is a small “black” pumpkin called Black Bear. I did some squash & gourd trials this year for fun.
This is an old favorite; “Baby Bear.”
These little, white pumpkins are called “Casperita.” They do well here. I’m waiting for the plant scientists to cross one of these with a lightning bug to produce pumpkins that glow in the dark. Whoops, I shouldn’t have said that; someone will probably try…
Cucuzza, Lagenaria siceraria, an African gourd popularized in Sicilian cuisine. The tendrils and shoots of the rampant vine are appreciated as greens and are cooked with tomatoes as “Tenerummi di Cucuzzi.” I will bring some Tenerummi to San Francisco.
Starr is wrestling with this gigantic cucuzza. They are fun, but hard to handle and very difficult to put in a box for transport. This one will have to ride on top of the load.
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