As food growers, we sometimes have a wonderful problem: too much fruit! We recently had this issue with the delicious passion fruit. Yes, you can make juice, tarts, smoothies, marinades and more with the passion fruit. With a little chocolate and patience, we made passion fruit truffles. Here’s how:
Blogging Fellowship
We love it when other bloggers find us. It’s even better when they find us because of our fantastic produce! Check out the lovely Sherri and her family aboard the Green Flash: Flash in the Pan Blog Sherri, it was great meeting you. We are so happy you enjoyed the wax apples!
Island Secret: Lemon Grass Tea for Your Cold
It is cold season in paradise. Local “bush tea” is what many islanders turn to during this season of sniffles and coughs. Lemon grass is native to Southeast Asia and Africa where it has been used for centuries for cooking, normalizing heart rate, as an anti-fungal, aiding digestion and reducing fever. Ready to experience the health benefits…
Tropical Flowers
Some of our regular clients may have realized that we added a few new items to our order form this year (check it out here).
CSA Box, December 8th
The CSA program has recieved a lot of attention on our Facebook Page and on the blog these days. Want to know what exactly comes in those boxes people are picking up? Our blogger has shared her CSA box contents and what she’s done with them with us. Check it out:
The Ackee
Those of you who have been up to the farm in the recent weeks may have noticed this heavily loaded tree right in front of the porch. The bright red fruit is eye catching. As it ripens and splits open it turns even more exotic and alien looking. We were able to pick the first…
Mangos in October?
Mangos are similar to many large fruit trees in that they typically only bear fruit once a year. This year, our mango trees on the farm that produced beautifully during our summer have given us a little fall crop. Our CSA recipients received a few of this extra crop of mangos in their boxes this past Saturday.
Growing well!
Our plants are growing well on Good Moon Farm this season!
Our CSA is starting October 13th
GOOD DAY from GOOD MOON FARM! Community Supported Agriculture With the growing season back on us we are re-opening our CSA program for the autumn. To start with, we are only going to offer this opportunity to 10 people or households. It works like this: The customer will pay in advance for a months worth…
A Productive Summer
The lazy days of summer were productive ones on Good Moon Farm this year. Check out what we’ve been up to: First, we built a new 35×8 roof /water catchment structure to shelter some new tanks. So far we have 4000 gallons …but the structure is designed for another 3×2000. One fine day, this will…