Posts Tagged: fruit

A fruitful approach

I have two active young sons. They get plenty of exercise. Their diets, however, can be a challenge. They have different tastes – one could eat breakfast items all day; the other could eat dinner items all day. One likes sugary sweet foods; the other...

¡Salsa! It’s more than a flavorful condiment

Salsa plays a much-deserved starring role in Mexican cuisine, adding not only refreshing and spicy flavors to breakfast, lunch, snacks and dinner, but also conveying an ample supply of nutrients. A blend of fruits, vegetables and seasonings, salsas...

Landscaping? Think edibles

What do Santa Rosa Weeping flowering plum, persimmon, variegated lemon and Tiger figs all have in common?  They are all fantastic ornamental plants that produce wonderful edible fruit.  There are a variety of fruits and vegetables that can be...

ripe plums

Looking for a smooth(ie) spring

Spring’s here and summer’s coming. We have such an abundance of fruit! If it looks good (I have to cross my fingers that it will taste just as good!), I have to buy it, and then sometimes can’t eat it all.  What to do with your overripe fruit?  Freeze...

Sharing the 'California dream'

We live in an orchard. It’s pretty much like the California dream that Sunkist and the railroads promised to people back East and to dust bowl refugees many years ago – an orange tree in your own backyard! For many of us in the Sacramento region, the...

Harvesting team.

Young picker.

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