Santa Cruz/San Francisco
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.
This curvy cousin of the Butternut squash tastes great and looks cool. It’s an Italian Heirloom called Tromba de Albenga.
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, and I love them in sauces.
Hi Folks: The fields are full and the harvest is happening seven days a week now. We’ve got Dry-farmed tomatoes of all sorts plus sweet & hot peppers, ornamental gourds, pumpkins and flowers! On Saturday, September 13th, from 9 to 11, we will be popping up at The Pumpkin House in Santa Cruz, 827 California Street, off Walnut and directly across from the High School. Then, on Sunday, September 14th, from 10 to 1 we will be in San Francisco at Piccino in the Dogpatch, 1001 Minnesota Street. If you already know what you want to get just drop us an email to mariquitachef@gmail.com and we’ll confirm the order. As always, we appreciate cash, but we accept Venmo at pick ups too. Thanks.
We grow cut flowers for sale at our pop-ups, and for events. Here’s a bouquet of our flowers that was arranged by an event coordinator for a party last week.
He’re the marigold patch as it is this morning. You can’t see them from this vantage point but pretty soon all the unopened flower buds will start to pop and the field will light up.
Starr is modeling an enormous cucuzza. We’ll be bringing some to our pop-ups. Let us know in advance if you want some. Thx A
Saturday, September 20th, will find our mobile farmstand in West Berkeley on 9th Street at Willow’s House between Virgina and Cedar Streets, from 9-11. Thanks, Willow.
On Saturday September 27th, we plan to be in San Francisco’s Dogpatch, from 9-12. On Sunday, October 5th, we’ll be back in Palo Alto. On Saturday, October 11th, it’s back to Berkeley and on Sunday, October 11th, we’ll be in our own home city of Corralitos.
Past these dates I don’t want to tempt fate by offending the weather gods with my hubris. People ask me, “How long will the tomato season last?” Truly, if I could honestly and correctly answer that question my talents would be better employed at a weather bureau. Generally speaking, September is a great month for tomatoes and October can be great but it’s hard to predict how the season will progress. It’s worth noting that we produce a lot more than tomatoes and when we can do a pop-up that showcases our other crops and products we look forward to doing so. Also, as our sacramental marigold crop comes into focus we will announce a series of U-Pick Marigold events. Keep an eye on the newsletter for announcements as all dates are tentative by nature. (That’s a pun, LOL, because Mother Nature ALWAYS calls the shots.)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…
We enjoy trying new crops. This is a trial of an unusual basil called “Cardinal” that looks cool and smells great!
Here’s Starr picking sacramental marigolds for garlands that will decorate a Diwali shrine. We ship marigold flowers by FedEx in boxes of 100 blooms.
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