Berry Update for Fri, 7/10 - Open at 12:30, 1 load only, lots of blueberries, DAYS OPEN are changing - please read

Hi gang,

 

Our new days open schedule will be……. Wed, Fri and Sun only (until further notice).  We will come in with 1 load only at 12:30 on each of those days.  Please make a note. 

 

I’ll have 1 load of berries today at 12:30.  All in and all out!  We’re finding very little qty out there and those that do come in are the small little jewels. 

 

I will have 6 cases of blueberries available today.  Hopefully this will cover everyone since the last time they went flying off the shelf before I could get them out of the van!!  These are my “best” variety and personal favorite.  Medium/large size, packed with blueberry flavor.  This is the first harvest from these plants and might last a week or so depending on weather.  Blueberry season is short so grab some while you can.

 

If you want to enjoy blueberry pancakes and muffins in the winter, these are perfect for freezing.  I’ve frozen blueberries for at least 20 years and they continue to be the easiest to put up and use after thawing.  I just throw them into a plastic container with the blue lids and stuff them in the freezer.  I don’t even wash them!  If you wash them I would dry them as much as possible and put them 1 layer deep on a cookie sheet until frozen, then scoop them in to containers.  They will stick together if you freeze the bunch in a container with any amount of residual water (been there, done that).  You will thank me when you pull out delicious blueberries in the middle of winter and cook up a batch of warm tasty muffins or pancakes.  Even blueberry sauce drizzled over waffles is to die for!!  Or over cheesecake!!  Wow – I must be hungry J

 

The weather is supposed to heat up next week so…. how about a cool treat??

Triple Berry Pops

Vegetarian Times Issue: July 1, 2008   p.45

Berries are excellent sources of anthocyanins, potent antioxidants that fight disease and are best preserved when frozen.

Directions

1. Purée all ingredients in blender 1 to 2 minutes, or until smooth.
2. Strain through fine sieve into bowl to remove seeds. Ladle into ice pop molds, and freeze at least 4 hours.

ingredient list

Makes 8 pops

• 1 1/2 cups fresh or frozen strawberries, thawed
• 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries, thawed
• 1 cup fresh or frozen raspberries, thawed
• 1/2 to 1 cup frozen white grape juice concentrate

 

 

Cheers!

Sally Strawberry

 

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Carstensen Farms

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Hours: 

Casa Grande location      490 Casa Grande Rd (across from Casa Grande High School)

Opening Day April 30th thru June 26 ...... Open daily 10 - 6, closed Tues

June 27 thru July 31  ...... Open 12:30 - sold out    Days open/closed  TBD    follow "Berry Updates"

Aug 1 thru Sept 1 ..... Open at 12:30 till sold out   Days open/closed TBD

Sept 2 to end of season ...... as available

 

Berry Update for Wed, 7/10 - Open with 1 load at 12:30, Bounty Produce available 12 - 2, small qty of blueberries

Hi gang,

 

I’ll have just 1 load of berries today.  Not really sure how many flats I’ll have.  It’s that July time when everything is in flux for the berries.  If the qty is low today we’ll move to our W,F,Sn open schedule and close on M, T, Th, and Sat.  Won’t know until I see what comes out of the field!  I’ll keep you posted as ususal J

 

I’ve got 1 ½ cases of blueberries for today.  I’m waiting on my next 4 rows for a few more days – they’ve got to come up in flavor first.  When those start to roll in we should have plenty for everyone!  I may be able to snag some of them this week.  I’m keeping an eye on them (and tasting a few of course).

 

Petaluma Bounty will be will us again today with their mobile market stand.  They had a gorgeous variety of produce last Wed and Taylor was kept very busy!  Thanks so much for supporting this wonderful program in our community. 

 

Here’s what will be available today:

 

Coming from farms within 100 miles

Peaches   ready to eat in 2 days

Nectarines  ready to eat in a day

Apricots  REALLY delicious!!

Fuji apples

Red table grapes

Slicing Tomatoes

 

Direct from Petaluma Bounty

Basil bunches (pulled from roots) will stay in water for 1 week

Lettuce – huge heads    (this lettuce is awesome)

Carrots

Purplette onions

Chives

 

Countyline Organic Farm – Marin county grower

Rainbow chard

Savoy Spinach

Broccoli

Yellow onions

Yukon gold

Squash (baby mix size)

Baby golden beets

 

 

 

Cheers!

Sally Strawberry

 

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Carstensen Farms

Look for our berry updates at carstensenfarms.blogspot.com or google "carstensen farms"

 

Hours: 

Casa Grande location      490 Casa Grande Rd (across from Casa Grande High School)

Opening Day April 30th thru June 26 ...... Open daily 10 - 6, closed Tues

June 27 thru July 31  ...... Open 12:30 - sold out    Days open/closed  TBD    follow "Berry Updates"

Aug 1 thru Sept 1 ..... Open at 12:30 till sold out   Days open/closed TBD

Sept 2 to end of season ...... as available

 

Berry Update for 7/4, Sat - Open at 12:30, more at 2:15, BLUEBERRIES will be there today! Trifle recipe again

Hi all,

 

Will bring in berries at 12:30 and another batch at 2:15 today.  We have them but demand is outstripping supply!  We sold out at 1:15 and 2:35 yesterday.

 

We have blueberries today!!!  There should be plenty for everyone.  Come and get ‘em.  They were harvested yesterday at 2:00 just to make it in time for the 4^th of July holiday.

 

I’m sending this recipe out again in case you missed it the first time!  It looks absolutely wonderful.  Don’t use frozen strawberries and blueberries when you can use fresh.  Show up with this and be the hit of the party!

 

Melt-in-Your-Mouth Berry Trifle

Vegetarian Times Issue: September 1, 2006   p.85

Even though you can use fresh berries in this trifle, frozen work better because they give off more juicy goodness for the chunks of pound cake to absorb.

 

Note from Sally – that’s not necessarily true with our berries!

Directions

1. Toss together strawberries, blueberries, sugar and lemon juice in large bowl. Combine yogurt, sour cream and vanilla in separate bowl.
2. Stand pound cake on side. Cut cake into 4 thin slices lengthwise. Spread first slice with 1/4 cup jam, and top with second slice. Continue with remaining slices and jam, and finish with layer of jam on top of cake. Cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices.
3. Line bottom and sides of clear trifle dish or large glass soufflé dish with prepared cake slices. Spoon in half of fruit. Top with half of yogurt mixture. Layer with remaining cake slices, fruit and yogurt mixtures. Cover with plastic wrap, and chill 4 hours, or overnight, to allow trifle to set.

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ingredient list

Serves 16

• 2 10-oz. bags organic frozen strawberries, thawed
• 2 10-oz. bags organic frozen blueberries, thawed
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 3 cups low-fat vanilla yogurt
• 2/3 cup low-fat sour cream
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1 16-oz. fat-free pound cake
• 1 cup raspberry jam

 

 

Cheers!

Sally Strawberry

 

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Carstensen Farms

Look for our berry updates at carstensenfarms.blogspot.com or google "carstensen farms"

 

Hours: 

Casa Grande location      490 Casa Grande Rd (across from Casa Grande High School)

Opening Day April 30th thru June 26 ...... Open daily 10 - 6, closed Tues

June 27 thru July 31  ...... Open 12:30 - sold out    Days open/closed  TBD    follow "Berry Updates"

Aug 1 thru Sept 1 ..... Open at 12:30 till sold out   Days open/closed TBD

Sept 2 to end of season ...... as available

 

Fri 7/3 OPEN and Sat 7/4 OPEN and..... Sun 7/5 CLOSED

I’ll be at the stand today at 12:30 with berries. If the weather holds I should be able to bring a second load in at 2:00. We’ll be there until we sell out. I may (but no promises) be able to get more blueberries harvested today and possibly on the stand tomorrow, Saturday. It will depend on the harvest of strawberries, the weather and ripeness of the blueberries. They’re coming slowly J

Tomorrow 7/4 the schedule will be …… 1 load at 12:30 and 1 load at 2:00. If we sell out before 2:00 the door will come down, the gate will be open, and we’ll be back again at 2:00.

Sunday 7/5 we will be CLOSED.

OPEN at 12:30 - small qty of our blueberries! Petaluma Bounty mobile market opening day 12 - 2

We should have a nice qty of strawberries again today. The crop seems to be holding up even though it’s JULY 1st !! Won’t it be awesome to have plenty for all on July 4th??? I can only cross my fingers J I’ll have a small qty of blueberries at the stand today. Our early varieties are not performing like the late ones unfortunately. I’ll keep you updated as the harvest comes in.

You really must stop by and check out the Petaluma Bounty Farm mobile market. Today is their first day and the list of fruits and veggies is impressive. Apricots, grapes, melons, nectarines, corn, potatoes, lettuce, WOW. I’m thrilled to have them at our site!! They will be with us every Wednesday from 12 – 2.

Special from the Petaluma Bounty Farm

We’ll be featuring bunches of purplette bunching onions, which are incredibly tasty with a bit of bite perfect for salads. We’ll have a few summer squash varieties: zephyr, green, zucchini, and round globe that we’re just beginning to harvest this week. Various lettuces, bunches of sweet skinny carrots, and scallions will also be featured from the farm.

In addition to Petaluma Bounty produce, we’ll have the following selection purchased from a few nearby farms:

Modesto Apricots
Green Table Grapes
Ambrosia Melon
Juneglo Nectarine
Flavorcrest Peaches
Santa Rosa Red Plums
Tomato
Yukon Gold Potatoes
Yellow Onion
Cucumber
Sweet White Corn
Broccoli
Green Beans

OPEN at 12:30 with berries

Yes, we’re open today. Coming in at 12:30 (new summer hours). I have about 21 flats. We’ll be there till we sell out.

We’re harvesting blueberries today so you should see them on the stand Wed.

We will be open again on Wed with berries at 12:30.

Make a note….. we will be closed on Sunday, July 5th. As it looks now, we will be open on July 4th with as many berries as the temperatures will allow.

4:45 on Sat 6/27 - still OPEN with 10 flats in the cooler ..... they need homes

The heat has thrown all of us off today!! I picked everything I could by 12:00 and brought it in. I put everything in the cooler and set it for 55 degrees (a nice cooool morning temperature). Usually we’re completely wiped out by now on a Saturday but…. we have 10 flats. If you can use berries or might need them for tomorrow, consider getting them today. I don’t know how many flats I’ll have tomorrow after this heat. Our harvest could be cut in ½. The remaining flats that are being kept at optimum temperature and will not have that after 6PM since the cooler must go off.