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Growing Season Update July 23 and Recipee


Almar Orchards is harvesting some lovely Lodi summer apples. Lodi apples, like many summer varieties have a somewhat short storage life, only about a week in the refrigerator. They are great for making fruit leather, chopped for salads, and for making apple sauce! On the apple scale (1-10):Crispiness: 3 Tartness : 9 Apple Flavor: 6 Sweetness: 4 Juiciness: 8

Strong winds (gusting to 50 mph) blew a large limb down on our 4-wheeler and as we surveyed other damage we found that they knocked the onion plants over so we will be harvesting those and putting them on the market a little earlier than normal, once the onion plants get knocked down they do not grow larger. The walla wallas were getting to be a good size and we were going to be harvesting anyways, now you can look forward to a lot of tasty sweet onions.

(White Pine Farm) Organic Certification inspector came by and was impressed with our farming operation- as well as the CSA Farmers Market operation. White Pine Farm is also serves as home base for CSA Farmers Market. Without Dales and my (Marian) tireless work the CSA Farmers Market would not exist. The other farmers do help out quite a bit, but for now, the bulk of the work rests on our shoulders.

Until Next Time
Marian Listwak