The time has come to pick avocados. Last week Farmer Margie mustered her crew of mostly volunteers and they went through the grove to gather the first of the season. Thirty bushels of certified organic Donnie avocados went straight to the area Whole Foods warehouse, and I’m told that the fruit just flew out of [...]
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Avocado bliss
Posted in food, fruits, market, photo, tagged avocados, Bee Heaven Farm, Whole Foods on July 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Melon run
Posted in farm, farmer/grower, fruits, location, politics, tagged C&B Farms on July 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last month I rode up with Farmer Margie to C&B Farms up near Clewiston to load up with fruit for the summer fruit sales. We came back packed to the rafters with melons. Loaded in the back were three boxes of cantaloupes (the last of the season this far south), and six big heavy boxes [...]
Little River Market Garden
Posted in csa, farm, farmer/grower, people, photo, tagged csa, Little River Market Garden, Muriel Olivares on July 23, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Tucked away in an obscure corner of northeast Miami, a new vegetable garden is starting to take shape in what was an empty city lot. Long straight rows of cover crops — Sunn hemp, cow peas and velvet bean — raise their young leaves to the late afternoon sun. In between rows of cover crop, [...]
Mother earth
Posted in farm, farmer/grower, media, tagged Margie Pikarsky, Miami Herald on July 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The Miami Herald has a nice long article about farmer Margie Pikarsky and the Redland Organics CSA. You can find it in today’s Tropical Life section. Bee Heaven owner: Organic farming is good for the foodie — and the land BY ANA VECIANA-SUAREZ aveciana@MiamiHerald.com On a muggy summer day, as bruised clouds gather overhead, Margie [...]
Henna Hookah & Hani, July edition
Posted in agritourism, events, food, tagged Everglades Hostel, Hani Khouri, Henna Hookah & Hani, Kristin Jayd on July 21, 2010 | 1 Comment »
July 24, 2010 8 pm to 1 am Come hang out in the laid back tropical atmosphere of the Everglades Hostel’s back yard. Event organizer and artist Kristin Jayd will be applying henna/mehndi designs. The gazebo will be set up as a hookah lounge, with carpets and cushions to recline on. A DJ will be [...]
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