Fruit for Wednesday, April 30

It looks like we won't have as many mangos as we had last Saturday. 
Rosa... very few
Jakarta... some
Edward... few
Florigon... very few
Dwarf Hawaiian... some
Nam Doc Mai... few

Also should have Sapodilla, Black Sapote, and very few Caimito.
I've been watching a couple of Jak Fruit, but neither seems ready to pick yet.

Open Wednesday  4-6pm

 

Open Saturday  9am-noon

The Good Old Days

Today I had the pleasure of talking with a man in his late 80's who had been a farmer in Florida for the first half of his life.  As a teenager he began spraying the family farm with DDT.  No safety precautions.  No suits, no respirators, no eye protection.  At the end of an entire day of spraying, his grandmother opened a can of milk and washed out his eyes with that.  He said DDT just gunks up when you try to wash it out with water.

A couple thoughts...
The good old days aren't always the good old days.
Some crops really aren't suited for south Florida.
These are the good old days... we have so much more knowledge and so many more options than we did years ago. 

2 Days this Week, 4 Days Next Week

This week we will be open:

Wednesday 4-6 pm

Saturday 9am-noon

 

 

Beginning May 5 and continuing through most of mango season, we will be open:

Monday 12-2pm

Wednesday 4-6 pm

Thursday 2-4pm

Saturday 9am-noon

Fruit for Saturday, April 26

Sapodilla
A few Black Sapote
Caimito (Star Apple)... very close to the end of its season
A few Coconuts are ready to pick
We might have a small Jak Fruit

Mango varieties that will be available are:
   Rosa
   Dwarf Hawaiian
   Jakarta
   Edward
   Nam Doc Mai
...We have the most of Jakarta, followed by Rosa, Dwarf Hawaiian, Nam Doc Mai, and Edward. (Order reflects quantity.)  Some of the fruit will take up to a week to ripen.  If you put the mangos in someplace warm, they will ripen faster.

Also available... Collard Greens, Parsley and Rosemary

Open Saturday 9am-noon

Open Wednesday 4-6pm

 

 

 

PLEASE NOTE

This weekend is the Delray Affair and Downtown Delray will be extremely congested.  If you normally exit onto Atlantic Ave, I recommend using the Woolbright exit (on I-95) and backtracking to our place.

 

Exit I-95 at Woolbright

Go east to first traffic light and turn right.  This is Seacrest Blvd.

Go 2 miles south on Seacrest Blvd

Turn right immediately after Delray Beach City Limit sign 

Fruit for Wednesday, April 23

What a difference a week makes!

Last Wednesday we had one mango for sale.  This week we have a box of Rosa, a small box of Dwarf Hawaiian, some Jakarta, and a few Florigon, Nam Doc Mai and Edward.

Rosa has about three crops on it.  We are halfway through the second crop.  Saturday most of the rest of the second crop will be ready, then we will have another dry period (for Rosas) for a couple weeks until the next crop starts to ripen.

For those unfamiliar with Rosa... Rosa is a variety from Brazil.  It's named for its color.  Typically Rosa is our earliest variety of the season.  The flavor is rich, the texture firm.  The Rosa has a taste similar to the East Indian. 

The Dwarf Hawaiian is beginning its season.  The Dwarf Hawaiian might be a cross between Kent and Julie.  It's small and plump, and has quite a fan base.

As we get closer to June, more varieties should begin to ripen.  Please remember that some weeks will be better than others... there will be dips in supply

In addition to the mangos, we have one small jak fruit (Golden Pillow), caimito, black sapote, and sapodilla.

Open Wednesdays 4-6pm

 

Open Saturdays 9am-noon

Happy Earth Day!

Some ways we try to help the earth:

• Grow food
• Compost almost everything
• Use low volume irrigation and water only the trees (except for the shadehouse)
• Avoid nasty chemicals
• Reuse pots, etc.
• Use recycled products (the white rock parking area is actually recycled concrete) 
• Repurpose wood pallets, old picnic tables, concrete stepping stones and other items headed for the dump 
• Provide a local use for sand, sea weed and wood chips

 Reduce, reuse, recycle.

Enjoy!

It's getting better..

Last Wednesday the mango supply was pathetic.  Saturday was lame.  Even now we don't have much, but it's getting better.  Today I found a few Florigon, Nam Doc Mai and Edward.  One group of Rosa mangos are beginning to ripen.  I've sampled many runts and bits of mango, and the quality is very good.  This evening I enjoyed a Nam Doc Mai runt that was less than two inches long... wonderful.

The First Dwarf Hawaiian ready to pick!