Summer has just begun and it’s already a scorcher! We’ve had above normal temperatures since April 26, according to the National Weather Service. Highs have been 90 degrees or above since May 30 (except for a slight dip to 88 on June 1). The heat index has been 100+ degrees most days. Last June was [...]
Archive for the ‘animals’ Category
Sizzle and freeze
Posted in animals, farm, fruits, photo, weather, tagged avocado, bees, lychee, mango, weather on June 23, 2010 | 10 Comments »
Celebrity kids
Posted in animals, farmer/grower, media, photo, tagged edible South Florida, Hani Khouri, Local 10, Redland Mediterranean Organic on May 13, 2010 | 11 Comments »
If you have been reading the local food blogs, then you knew goatherd-cheesemaker-chef Hani Khouri’s kids started arriving in March. No, not his children home for spring break. His kids, as in baby goats. These kids have been been the focus of a small media frenzy. They must be the most famous goats in the [...]
Waiting for kids
Posted in animals, photo, tagged goat milk, Hani Khouri, Redland Mediterranean Organic on February 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Hani Khouri of Redland Mediterranean Organics is waiting for his kids to arrive. Actually, his does (female goats) are pregnant and due to deliver their kids (baby goats) in mid-February or early March. Giving birth to a baby goat is called kidding, I was told. Really, I’m not kidding. Hani keeps a small herd of [...]
