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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘C&B Farms’
Melon run
Posted in farm, farmer/grower, fruits, location, politics, tagged C&B Farms on July 27, 2010 |
Winter melon for summer
Posted in food, photo, recipe, tagged C&B Farms, winter melon on July 17, 2010 |
One of the more unusual offerings at the Bee Heaven Farm summer fruit sales has been winter melon, also known as wax gourd. It’s called that because of the white, waxy coating on its green skin. A few weeks ago, I rode up with Farmer Margie to fetch them from C&B Farms up in Clewiston. [...]

