National Blueberry Month

We're half through National Blueberry Month and our blueberry season. Coming in strong are a few blackberry varieties that have been exceptionally sweet and juicy.

This week we'll be at the following farmers markets
Tues- Napa
Wed - Santa Rosa Veterans Building
Thurs- San Rafael Marin Civic Center
Fri - St Helena
Sat- Santa Rosa, Healdsburg and Palo Alto (No Davis or Petaluma)
Sun - Sebastopol, Menlo Park, San Rafael

Berries this week -
Blueberry
Blackberry (different varieties)
Boysenberry (at farm stand only)
Red Raspberry (at farm stand only
Black Raspberry (very limited)

Open at the farmstand too with blueberry ice cream and our new jams!

Farmers Market Schedule 6/29-7/3

We plan on having lots of berries this week for the 4th of July weekend.

Blueberries, Marion Blackberries, Boysenberries, Black Raspberries, Boysenberries, Cherokee Blackberries & Ollalie Blackberries

Napa - Tue

Santa Rosa Vets Building - Wed

San Rafael/Civic Center - Thurs

St Helena - Fri

Santa Rosa Vets Building, Healdsburg, Davis, Palo Alto - Sat

Sebastopol, Walnut Creek, Menlo Park, San Rafael - Sun

Farmers Markets and Farm Stand Schedule week June 20

The heat wave is keeping us busy and we'll have a tight window for picking. This means very limited hours at the farm stand so call ahead for schedule and to find out what we've picked for the day.

Farmers Markets for the week:

Tues - Napa Oxbow Center

Wed - Santa Rosa Vets Building

Thurs - San Rafael/Marin Civic Center

Fri - St Helena

Sat - Palo Alto, Healdsburg, Santa Rosa, Larkspur and we'll be back at Davis!

Sun - Sebastopol, San Rafael/ Marin Civic Center, and we'll be back at Menlo Park!

This week- blueberries, blackberries, boysenberries, black raspberries and limited supply of red and purple raspberries

Farmers Markets This Weekend 6/18-19 and Farm Stand Open

We are kicking into high gear and are going back this weekend to the following markets:

Sat - Healdsburg, Santa Rosa, Napa & Palo Alto

Sun - Sebastopol & Marin/San Rafael Civic Center

We also be open at the farm stand both Sat and Sun

We'll have blueberries, blackberries and raspberries. The hot weather early in the week helped kick up the flavor. See you at a farmers market near you or stop by the farm.

Farm Stand Open For the Season

Farm stand open for the berry season today! Stop by and pick up freshly picked berries. In season, blueberries, blackberries and raspberries. This week with the hot weather the black raspberries ripened and are ready to go. They don't have a long season so stop by the farm or a farmers market and get them while they last.

Berries are finally here!

This past weekend we were busy and back at many local farmers markets with quite a few variety of berries.

This coming week we'll have even more...

Red Raspberry

Black Raspberry

Golden Raspberry

Purple Raspberry

Ollalie Blackberry

Boysenberry

Marion Blackberry

and of course

Blueberries!

We'll be at the following markets this coming week

Tues - Napa

Wed - Santa Rosa

Thurs - tbd San Rafael Civic Center (depending on the weather)

Fri - St Helena

Sat - Santa Rosa, Healdsburg and new this year Larkspur

Sun - Sebastopol and tbd San Rafael Civic Center (depending on the weather)

Stop by early as many of specialty berries go fast!

Raspberries in the Fall

This week has been a perfect week for the raspberries! The cool, foggy mornings in Sebastopol are ideal and the red raspberries picked up exceptional flavor.

This week we'll be at the following farmers markets:

Thurs - San Rafael/Marin Civic Center
Fri - St Helena/Crane Park
Sat - Santa Rosa & Palo Alto
Sun - Sebastopol & San Rafael/Marin Civic Center

Berry Update #2

Organic blueberries are at the peak of the season this week. This is a great week to buy if you are going to freeze or make jams.

Ollalie blackberries - with the heat this weekend the last of the crop picked up great flavor. Last full week with any real quantities at the farmers markets.

Marion blackberries - we had a few this weekend at the farmers markets. This coming week we'll have them again at the markets. Super sweet and juicy!

Cheyenne blackberries - we've had them for a few weeks and the flavor on these berries is excellent. About a week left in the season

Black raspberries - these berries have been excellent this season. Last full week for these too. We only get one crop a year (not like the red raspberries where we get a spring and fall crop) so don't miss out.

Boysenberries - like the Ollalie's picked up great flavor over the weekend. These are my personal favorite. Get them while they're in season - ~1 full week.

Berry update

Quick update on our season

Blueberries - both CCOF organic and conventionally grown
Ollalie blackberries (~1 week left in the season)
Boysenberries - both CCOF organic and conventionally grown (~2 weeks to go)
Black raspberries (~2 weeks left in season)
Red raspberries (winding down spring crop)

Black Raspberries

Black raspberries like the Spring shower on Mothers Day!

Rainbow of raspberries

Raspberries come in many colors. Red raspberries are the most common. Earlier this week we introduced you to the golden raspberries, now it's time to meet the orange, purple and black raspberries. We'll be at the Sebastopol Farmers Market Sunday with red, golden, orange and black raspberries. This is one of the few weeks of the year all these varieties are in season at the same time. Come try them out!

The bees and black raspberries - a perfect partnership

The bees are hard at work pollinating the black raspberries. Black raspberries have more antioxidants than blueberries! They are great to eat fresh or in jams. Or if you're feeling super adventurous you can make a black raspberry sorbet. We have been growing black raspberries for about 10 years and we expect them to be in season mid to late June.