For several weeks, Sadie nurtured her babies. She started them from seed, but now they are getting big, and she is pushing them out into the world. She had help from Victor, the proud papa who helped pot them up, preparing them for their new homes. Sadie is the farm manager at Bee Heaven Farm, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Bee Heaven Farm’
Adopt Sadie’s babies
Posted in events, farmer/grower, market, photo, tagged Bee Heaven Farm, Edible Garden Festival, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens, heirloom tomatoes on November 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Local pies go to your thighs
Posted in events, food, locavore, photo, tagged Ariana Kumpis, Bee Heaven Farm, G.R.O.W., Hedy Goldsmith, Lee Brian Schrager, Seriously Organic, Slow Food Miami on October 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »
For the second year in a row, Slow Food Miami held its pie baking contest. This year there were a few changes. The event moved to the historic Barnacle House in Coconut Grove, and your ticket also got you a fried chicken dinner prepared by Sustain restaurant, with sides from Whole Foods. But the heart [...]
A little off the sides and top
Posted in farm, fruits, photo, tagged avocados, Bee Heaven Farm, Margie Pikarsky on October 3, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The avocado season is over at Bee Heaven Farm. The last of the big, plump Donnie avocados got picked weeks ago. The lull between picking fruit and and blooming season (usually around January) brings off-season maintenance. Almost every year the tree trimmer comes to cut back all the avocado trees. Call it their summertime haircut, [...]
Finally on Facebook
Posted in media, tagged Bee Heaven Farm, Facebook, Redland Organics on September 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Redland Rambles finally has a fan page on Facebook! Check it out here or use the link in the right hand column. BTW there’s a very similar page called Redland Ramble (without the “s”). It’s not mine. This blog will continue with its three degrees of writing about: 1) Bee Heaven Farm, 2) various organic [...]
Tale of two markets
Posted in food, market, photo, tagged Bee Heaven Farm, Murray Bass, Nature Boyz, Paradise Farms, Three Sisters Farm, Upper East Side Farmers Market, Whole Foods on August 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last Saturday I shopped at two markets, one small and friendly, and one big and corporate. First, I stopped by to see what was new at the Upper Eastside Market, and it was loaded with good things to eat. Who says it’s too hot to grow anything here in the summer? Over at the Nature [...]

