The Mandarins are Almost Ripe
The kids and I spent a lovely Fall day at the farm yesterday, soaking up the beautiful autumnal colors and the cooler weather. Walnut harvest is finally finished, and now we can turn in earnest to our next seasonal crop: organic satsuma mandarins.
Many of the little oranges have already started to turn color with just the smallest hint of green left. Next week we’ll ship out our first batches to River Dog Farm, which distributes our organic mandarins to various community supported agriculture operations in the Bay Area. Although not as sweet as they’ll be in December, the mandarins are already delicious. The kids and the dogs couldn’t stop eating them.
Baby Olive Trees Waiting to be Planted
The mandarins aren’t the only action at the farm these days. The men are planting two acres of olive trees. We’re expanding beyond the traditional Tuscan varieties to several Spanish varieties that I learned about from Paul Vossen, Cooperative Extension’s resident olive expert. The trees won’t come into production for three years or so, but I can’t help feel excited. California olive oil is on the upswing, and as you know, we’re already producing gold medal-winning extra virgin olive oil. With new varieties to experiment with, we should be able to make some fantastic blends.
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How EXCITING!!!! I love mandarins from the farm… yummy yummy yum! That is such a cute photo of Carly btw…
Lynn
And how exciting about the olive trees!! I LOVE that photo of the baby olive trees btw… gorgeous!
Hope you all are doing well.
As you may know, we and Nancy W. were up at the farm with your folks last weekend and had a very enjoyable time–all the simple pleasures of walking to the creek, checking out the trees, watching the dogs romp (and catch a squirrel), and smelling the rich earthy scent. Then to top it all off, we took the train back to the Bay Area. A great two days.