Farmer Margie just got back from dropping off 30 bushels of her certified organic Donnie avocados at the area Whole Foods warehouse. Look for her fruit in South Florida stores starting this Thursday. If you don’t see them, ask the produce manager to get them for you. Here’s a picture of a Donnie that I [...]
Posts Tagged ‘avocado’
Local fruit at Whole Foods
Posted in fruits, market, photo, tagged avocado, lychee on July 20, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Sizzle and freeze
Posted in animals, farm, fruits, photo, weather, tagged avocado, bees, lychee, mango, weather on June 23, 2010 | 10 Comments »
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 [...]
Avocado threat surfaces
Posted in farm, location, media, photo, tagged avocado, laurel wilt, redbay ambrosia beetle, UF/IFAS on March 10, 2010 |
If you have avocado trees growing in your yard, heads up! The feared redbay ambrosia beetle has surfaced in west Miami-Dade County, in Emerald Lakes. One beetle was caught in a trap on March 2. Scientists are testing the captured bug to see if it carries a fungus that kills avocado trees (and others in [...]
Redland Best avocados
Posted in fruits, photo, tagged avocado on September 12, 2009 | 10 Comments »
So I found myself in the Sanford Wal-Mart this afternoon browsing through produce when I discovered a taste of home looking back at me. Avocados! They look like Donnies, but not as big as Farmer Margie grows them, and they’re selling under the Redland Best label. I whipped out my old Razr cell phone and [...]
Green Needs to Be Seen and Heard
Posted in csa, farm, farmer/grower, location, locavore, politics, tagged avocado, county budget, county commissioners, Extension, laurel wilt on August 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Did you go to the county commissioner budget meetings to state your case? No? You have several more chances. There are Budget Conference Committee (BCC) meetings on Aug 24, 25, 26 and 27 at commission chambers downtown. The commission will hold final budget hearings on Thursday Sept 3rd at 5:01 pm and Thursday Sept. 17th [...]
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