These Homegrown Tomatoes Aren't "Green"
If you've never bought tomatoes from a farm stand, there's something we should clear up before you walk away from a perfectly ripe tomato thinking it needs another week on the vine.
Not all tomatoes turn red.
The tomatoes you've seen your whole life (the round, smooth, uniformly red ones stacked in a grocery store pyramid) represent maybe five percent of what a tomato can actually be. They were selected for shelf life, shipping durability, and color consistency. Flavor was somewhere further down the list.
What we grow looks different on purpose.
3 Sweet Ways We Love to Enjoy Our Figs
When figs are ripe on the farm, it feels like a little celebration every time we pick a basket full. Here are three ways we love to enjoy these sweet jewels while they’re in season.