Posted in Farmers' markets & locally grown food on May 23rd, 2008
Duck eggs from DerVaes Gardens here in Pasadena
These duck eggs are delicious and worth every penny.
I called DerVaes Gardens hoping to try their chicken eggs, but they were sold out when I called. The weather was overcast, and the chickens don’t lay as much in overcast weather, but the ducks don’t seem to mind it. [...]
Posted in Caltech, Farmers' markets & locally grown food on Nov 8th, 2007
Last week Caltech harvested its campus olives and sent them off to be pressed into olive oil.
Olive harvesting
Trees in the lineup
More links:
Caltech Olive Harvest Festival website
Cook and Nifty Wench: Olive Harvest
Tableau Vivante: EVENT: CalTech Olive Harvest Redux…phew
Posted in Farmers' markets & locally grown food, Gardens on Sep 8th, 2007
Backyard fig
Our neighbor has a fig tree, and a few branches hang over our fence. Today some friends came over to pick figs from our side of the fence, and it was discovered that figs dried on the tree (like this one) taste like Fig Newtons.
Posted in Farmers' markets & locally grown food on Aug 28th, 2007
Tableau Vivante is thinking about organizing a local farmers’ market tour. Head on over to her site and let her know if you are interested!
Posted in Farmers' markets & locally grown food, Neighbors, Recipes and cooking on Jun 25th, 2007
Erin and Superspark came over on Saturday to make preserves. Superspark brought plums from her apartment complex and Costco, and we went over to the Pasadena farmers’ market for strawberries and apricots.
Sugar
Stirring
Sealing
Picture taking
Post production photo shoot
Preserves
Posted in Farmers' markets & locally grown food on Jun 23rd, 2007
Tierra Miguel is a Community Supported Agriculture foundation — a CSA — that grows certified organic produce locally and delivers to Pasadena and other places in Southern California. Members pay a monthly fee and receive a box of the CSA’s produce every week or every other week.
A friend invited me to come with her to [...]
Posted in Farmers' markets & locally grown food, Neighbors on Jun 18th, 2007
I met Tableau Vivante this weekend at the farmers’ market. We were the same booth, she had a camera around her neck and was talking about photography with the vendor. ‘Could this be the mysterious Tableau Vivante?!?‘ I wondered. It was! I got to meet the woman responsible for introducing me to apriums. She [...]
Posted in Farmers' markets & locally grown food on Jun 10th, 2007
Seascape strawberries
We get out of bed early on Saturdays just for these. They’re usually sold out by mid-morning.
Pasadena Victory Park Certified Farmers’ Market
Saturdays, 8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
North Sierra Madre Blvd & Paloma Street
Posted in Farmers' markets & locally grown food on Jun 3rd, 2007
Apriums
Posted in Farmers' markets & locally grown food on May 12th, 2007
Tableau Vivante has some great pictures posted from this morning’s Farmers’ Market. One of the farms is selling apriums, and the way she describes them is making me salivate.
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