March 31, 2020
by Mimi Holtz
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The Easter Bunny Brings Avocados!


Easter bunny brings avocados

Easter is just around the corner!

We’re helping out the Easter Bunny this year by shipping gift boxes of avocados to families all over the USA.  If you order this week,  the avocados will be picked, placed into a box, and sent to your family and friends.  It takes about a week for the fresh fruit to being softening,  so there should be fresh avocados ready to eat by Easter and during the days following Easter.

box of 6 avocados

Avocados Picked Daily and Shipped to Your Home

Here is a box of 6 avocados that we shipped to Vermont last week.  It only took a few days and they were sitting on a kitchen counter in Barre, Vermont!  We pick them from the tree, place them in the box, deliver them to the post office, and they arrive on your doorstep a few days later.   What could be fresher than that?  No trip to the grocery store is necessary.

bowl of California avocados

A Big Bowl of Avocados on Your Table

Our niece and her husband ordered a box of avocados last week and put them into a beautiful bowl.  So cheerful! These are Fuerte avocados (say “Foo-Air-Tay”) — a winter variety with thinner skins and  shaped like pears.peeling a Fuerte avocado

The skins of Fuerte avocados can be  peeled right off when they’re ready to eat!  They have a really full flavor…my favorites!  We will have these for another two weeks, and then the season will be finished.  Don’t worry though, because the bumpy skinned Hass avocados that you love will still be available for months to come.

deviled eggs on blue

Baby Bok Choy and Avocado Deviled Eggs

Here’s a recipe for some deviled eggs that are perfect for Easter or anytime!   The ingredients are good for you, and they make a great treat!

 

avocado deviled eggs

Avocado Deviled Eggs

Avocado Deviled Eggs

No Bok Choy on hand?  Try these Avocado Deviled Eggs!  And don’t forget a few carrots for the Easter Bunny!

Order Your Avocados Now!

Check out our family farm’s website for avocado gift boxes!  You can get a box of 6, or a dozen, or even 24 at a time!  Sign up for a subscription – for yourself or as a gift.  We’re so glad to be able to send these wonderful avocados to you and your loved ones!

March 19, 2020
by Mimi Holtz
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Chicken Mashed Potato Soup


Chicken Mashed Potato Soup

  New Comfort Food At Our House

We stocked up on groceries  and have been staying home, doing our best to avoid the corona virus.   I’ve been making chicken soup all winter, but today I decided to do a big batch of mashed potatoes too.  I thought the mashed potatoes would go well with other meals,  but when I mentioned that the soup and the potatoes were both done, the family made a bee line for the kitchen.  “I’ll have a bowl of soup,” announced The Farmer.  I knew he might not make it past the mashed potatoes, but I never dreamed he would invent the ultimate comfort food!  Chicken Mashed Potato Soup! Continue Reading →

March 15, 2020
by Mimi Holtz
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Springtime and COVID19 on the Avocado Farm

Avocado Groves and Wild Flowers

Hello, Friends!  Once again it is springtime in the avocado grove!  Our long-awaited rain has finally arrived in March.  Weeds and wild flowers are growing!  During the past year we have been taking out older trees and replacing them with baby trees.  You can see in the photo that the trees with more sunshine exposure have some lovely new leaves.  The baby trees are  beginning to bloom, and the weeds are very healthy!  We’ll be weed-whacking as soon as the rain stops.

mature avocados

Avocados are ready to harvest

Harvest Has Begun

The fruit that has been growing since last spring’s bloom is ready to harvest!  We are beginning to pick the largest Hass avocados, but the smaller ones will stay on the tree to grow larger.  Fuerte variety avocados are in season now – my favorite avocados! Continue Reading →

Avocado Grove Springtime

May 12, 2019
by Mimi Holtz
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Avocado Growers Love Rain

Avocado Grove Springtime

Why Avocado Farmers Love Rain

Southern California is famous for it’s glorious weather, and many people move here for the sunshine.   I must admit that I moved to California after a particularly difficult winter in the northeast in 1977.   It was such a luxury to see flowers in the winter,  be able to schedule picnics without worrying about the weather,  and to go without boots, heavy coats, and shoveling show.  I didn’t care if it ever rained at all ….until I married an avocado farmer. Continue Reading →

Veg Beef and Barley Soup

January 2, 2019
by Mimi Holtz
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Hearty Vegetable Beef and Barley Soup

Veg Beef and Barley Soup

Happy New Year!   I made this Vegetable Beef and Barley Soup today because the weather has been really cold here in San Diego county. It’s an easy soup with lots of flavor and healthy vegetables.   I’ve been craving the rich beefy flavor of  my mother’s homemade soup as we were growing up in Vermont.

This isn’t my mother’s recipe exactly, because I made it up as I went along, but it’s really good! Continue Reading →