Hey there Redland Ramblers! This is guest blogger Melissa Contreras, founder of Urban Oasis Project. Last night, a group of Redland and Miami farmers and I returned home after a weekend at the 2nd Small Farms/Alternative Enterprises Conference in Kissimmee. I have always been a farmer wannabe, and as such, I grow food for my [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Bee Heaven Farm’
Redland farmers road trip to Small Farms Conference, Part One
Posted in events, farmer/grower, location, people, politics, tagged small farms conference, Bee Heaven Farm, UF/IFAS, Margie Pikarsky, Melissa Contreras, Muriel Olivares, Mario Yanez on August 3, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Avocado bliss
Posted in food, fruits, market, photo, tagged Bee Heaven Farm, avocados, Whole Foods on July 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Pick ‘em while you got ‘em
Posted in agritourism, events, farm, food, locavore, photo, recipe, tagged Bee Heaven Farm, csa, Gleaning Day on May 6, 2010 | 4 Comments »
glean to gather grain or other produce left by reapers; to pick up after a reaper; to strip (as a field) of the leavings of reapers. Gleaning Day at Bee Heaven Farm is a laid back end-of-season tradition. CSA members are invited to bring a potluck dish, and rummage through vegetable beds and pick what’s [...]
