Glory be and hallelujah! The good folks over at South Florida Daily Blog decided they liked my post, For the Love of Lychees, so much that they voted it the post of the month for June. Thanks for the honor! I’m touched the post brought back pleasant memories of savoring backyard fruit. Place has a [...]
Posts Tagged ‘lychee’
SFDB Post of the Month
Posted in media, tagged lychee, SFDB, Steven Green on July 31, 2011 | 3 Comments »
For the love of lychees
Posted in farm, farmer/grower, fruits, locavore, photo, tagged Green Groves, lychee, Steven Green on June 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The lychees in this week’s summer fruit offering come from Green Groves, not too far from Bee Heaven Farm. Steven Green, the grower, invited me to see how lychees get picked. He had an order from Whole Foods, and hired a picking crew to help. If you were in Whole Foods last weekend or this [...]
Local fruit at Whole Foods
Posted in fruits, market, photo, tagged avocado, lychee on July 20, 2010 | 6 Comments »
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 [...]
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 [...]
Lychee freezer jam
Posted in food, fruits, photo, recipe, tagged lychee, Possum Trot Nursery, recipe on September 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Do you remember June, when lychees were bursting everywhere? The summer fruit sale offered pesticide-free lychees from Possum Trot Nursery and I loaded up. My friend Kattia, who grew up in Homestead and now lives in Sanford with her husband and son, was craving lychees since June, when I told her about the crazy season [...]
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