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Before You Give Up On Star Fruit…
If you’ve ever eaten star fruit, you might have been unimpressed. Your experience can be dependent on the star fruit variety & state of ripeness. Star fruit also has a unique flavor that can’t be likened to any other fruit. Each Summer, star fruit trees all over South Florida reliably pump out pounds & pounds
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End of Season Harvest
Over the last 2 years I’ve acquired several varieties of mulberry trees. Mulberries were once a southern (United States) staple crop. Everyone reportedly had one in their yard. They are known to yield fruit abundantly & stain your fingers with their sticky juice. In addition to generously bearing fruit, the mulberry tree’s leaves make a
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Goodbye Moon
Last week during my pre-dawn commute to the farm, it occurred to me that I should savor this moment. It would be natural to question what there is to savor about waking up at 3 a.m. to labor in— by most accounts— miserable conditions. Donning a headlamp to begin tending the land before the sun’s
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Slow Down!
Seasonal transition is the time I start seedlings indoors so that once the weather is conducive, they can go out into the wild world of the farm with a strong head start. Having the seedlings inside my home allows me to tend to them closely. For weeks I reflexively compare each day to the last;
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Wild Woman
“Let’s admit it. We women are building a motherland; each with her own plot of soil eked from a night of dreams, a day of work. We are spreading this soil in larger & larger circles, slowly, slowly. One day it will be a continuous land, a resurrected land come back from the dead. Mundo
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Winter’s Around the Corner
As the daylight hours are getting shorter, I’ve been hard at work prepping for an abundant Fall/Winter season. Now that the farm infrastructure is largely in place, I’m ramping up production & planting enough to hopefully share with a small group of community members. It’s not too late to sign up to receive early notification
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Where My Salad Lovers At?!
All my salad lovers, this one’s for you! I’m thrilled to announce that Mahaba Farms will be selling a limited supply of our premium, naturally grown (chemical-free) salad mix during the upcoming winter season. If you want to receive early notification of when our salad mixes are available for purchase, fill out the “Salad Lovers”
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Seeding Local Passionfruit
I was able to get my hands on a few local yellow passionfruits this Summer. I already have a purple passionfruit vine growing, but the flavor of the yellow passionfruit is unbeatable. Passionfruit seeds quickly lose viability, so I wasted no time planting the seeds once the fruit was ripe. A couple weeks later, several
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Farm to Table: Thai Soldier Long Beans
Thai Soldier long beans- as the name suggests- originate in Thailand. I’m guessing their name comes from the fact that the outer shell looks a bit like camouflage. They thrive in heat & humidity which makes them perfect for growing through south Florida Summers. In the below video I share a harvest & quick meal
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Waning Summer
It’s hard to believe that Summer is almost over😳. One thing I can say for sure is that I made the most of the time. Every day I made progress. That was the daily quest: just keep moving forward. I’m proud to say I did that with minimal suffering— shorter days with plenty of breaks;
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