Welcome to Rutiz Farms
HAPPENINGS ON THE FARM  .

For those of you who pick up their Harvest Boxes in San Luis Obispo...this Thursday, June 7, is the last box delivery for our spring season.    Beginning Thursday, June 14, we will be offering our summer season of deliveries into the SLO city area.  The 12 Thursdays of deliveries ( June 14 through August 26) will cost $216 ( $18 per week).  The pick up locations for this summer will be:

1) Equilibrium Fitness Center located in the Marigold Shopping Center...available for everyone to use. 

2) Kristin Bridgeford's house at 301 Broad Street ( at the intersection of Broad and Center St, 2 blocks west of the freeway)...available for everyone to use.

In your summer boxes, you can expect such items as:

carrots, broccoli, sweet corn, tomatoes, squash, berries, apricots, peaches, avocados, cucumbers,  potatoes, lettuces, onions, green beans and more! 

If you are interested in our summer deliveries at Equilibrium Fitness or Kristen's house, please email me at info@Rutizfarms.com and let me know which pick up location you want to use and then mail a check for $216, (made out to Rutiz Farms) to:

Rutiz Farms

333 Miller Way

Arroyo Grande,  Ca  93420

 
The first delivery date for the summer boxes is Thursday, June 14...so if you are interested, don't delay in reserving your spot.

We will also be dropping off boxes at:

3) Fidelity Office ....only for their staff ( see Deena Peak for sign up details)  

4) UMCC School...only for their staff and school families       ( sign up in the school office for June 21- August 9).

We will continue to have our strawberry field open for u-pick on Fridays, Saturdays and Tuesdays during regular stand hours.  The price for the u-pick berries is $2.50/ pound  ( one pound is about one small green pint basket...our already picked price at the stand is $3/ basket ).  We will have full flats of already picked strawberries for $30.     Bring the family out for a fun time picking our delicious strawberries. Bring your own containers or use our baskets to pick into.   

 WHAT'S  IN THE BOX THIS WEEK

  This week's potatoes are colorful...reds, whites and blues, freshly dug on our farm.  They are considered a "new potato"...so their skins are thin and delicate.  Store them in the refrigerator until you are ready to cook them.  Steam or roast them for best results.   

  Here's a quick and easy way to prepare this week's chard:
wash off the leaves and cut them in 1 inch wide ribbons
when you get to the ribs of the leaves, cut them into 1/2 inch pieces, heat some olive oil in a skillet and add the chard, season with a little sea salt and garlic powder , cook until the leaves are "wilted" and the stem portion are soft.  Add a little balsamic vinegar to the chard near the end of cooking if you wish.      The "Persian" cucumbers come from Ocean Breeze Farms in Nipomo.  They are grown using pesticide- free farming practices.  . The "Persian" cucumber is unique among cucumbers in that it has a thin skin that doesn't require peeling and has no bitter aftertaste.

This week's apricots come from Frog Hollow Farms in Brentwood, ( Northern California)....they are organically grown and taste great. 

      PRODUCTS AVAILABLE AT OUR STAND FROM OTHER FARMERS AND BUSINESSES: 

Kelli ( aka Sweet Pea) has her tasty baked cookies and cakes at the stand each Friday ...(you can reach her direct at Sweetpeabakeryag.blogspot.com).
Almond Brittle from Paso Almonds of SLO...freshly made each week by Rusty and his crew. 

Blueberries from Gary Teixeria of Santa Maria 

David's Blue Ribbon Honey from Nipomo