Tomorrow, July 28, 2011, Pescadero Grown! Offering locally produced food. Local non-profit organization, Puente de la Costa Sur is organizing the weekly market, which is a great service to South Coast residents.
Pescadero Grown! connects local farmers who are interested in selling their produce directly to the community, along with the local, small farms that offer weekly CSA (community supported agriculture) produce boxes. (more…)
Live music is one of the main attractions of the Pescadero Arts and Fun Festival. Photo courtesy of Kellie Marcuson.
by Kellie Marcuson
The Annual Pescadero Arts and Fun Festival (PAFF) is known for its local music and eclectic art. Mark it on your calendar August 20-21.
South Coast residents celebrate the last hurrah of summer on the third weekend in August at PAFF. This old-fashioned country fair showcases local music, eclectic art, and a wide array of food offerings; it’s the year’s biggest local event. The weekend kicks off on Friday evening with the opening reception gala of the South Coast Artist Alliance Art Show. Fine art, sculpture, mixed media, and more fill the IDES Grand Hall.
by Gwen O’Neil
I have absolutely fallen in love with this salad at New Leaf. Because it’s so chewy, it takes a long time to finish each mouthful and creates a satisfying light meal.
A friend brought the salad to a pot luck party in El Granada and told us she had been given the recipe at the deli department. I made a point to go to New Leaf soon after that.
If you love crunchy raw veggies, you will enjoy this very much. (more…)
Reviewed by Bob Walch
Taunton’s Complete Guide to Growing Vegetables & Herbs (Taunton Press, 304 pages, $24.95), edited by Ruth Lively
Even if you have not had much luck in the past, you may wish to try growing your own veggies and herbs again this year. If you aren’t sure you want to take the plunge, get a copy of Growing Vegetables & Herbs and read a few chapters. (more…)
by Gwen O’Neill
We adopted Wuzzy and Fuzzy several years ago. I take no responsibility for the names. They were already adult cats so we decided not to confuse them with new names. They both like to eat plastic, the gray cat likes to eat holes in our clothes and they were vomiting several times a week on the carpets.
We had been told the eating disorder is probably a result of early weaning but now that we are in a home with beige carpets, its has been an increasing frustration to be constantly cleaning up spots. (more…)
by Gwen O’Neill
More people are turning to a partial or complete vegetarian diet because of health concerns. I frequently see articles in magazines or news reports on TV about the benefits of a diet filled with fruits and vegetables as the way to prevent disease and live a longer, healthier life.
Coastside Veggies is a group for Coastsiders interested in vegetarianism or animal rights. They connect and support each other and share news and information about vegetarian living on the coast.
They maintain an active mailing list which can be joined by sending a blank email to coastveg-subscribe@yahoogroups.com, by calling 415-269-2892, or visit www.bay areaveg.org/contact.htm.
May 29, 2011 from 1 to 5 p.m.
Come listen to live music, taste great wine and enjoy various arts and food from local artisans.
Your purchase will go towards supporting our youth programs.
No entry fee, although donations are appreciated.
Live music line-up:
-Bowling Overhand – Contemporary music
-Mark Kostrzewa- Spanish guitar virtuoso
-Nomi Harper- Acoustic singer/songwriter
and more…
The O.V.Y. camp, also known to locals as “Boys & Girls Ville” is a non-profit organization that serves under-privileged children from the Bay Area.
This event is a fundraiser to support our programs.
The camp is located on Hwy 84, between La Honda and San Gregorio, next to Driscoll Ranch
For more information or to register as an artisan,
contact us at ovyevents@gmail.com or 650-747-0321
5% of sales from the Half Moon Bay store will be donated to this 10 year-old, nonprofit organization who provides safety net services, health and wellness services,youth employment, leadership development, and community engagement for men, women, children, and families living in the rural San Mateo South Coast communities of Pescadero, La Honda, Loma Mar, and San Gregorio. Representatives will be on hand to answer questions from 8 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Date: May 26, 2011
Time: 8:00 AM TO 9:00 PM
New Leaf Community Markets
New Leaf Shopping Center
150 San Mateo Rd.
Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
by Erin Tormey
This year, the Farmer of the Year is our own John Giusti, and that means your Coastside Farmers’ Market now claims 3 Farmer of the Year award winners among our inaugural ranks. John and Maureen Giusti, Dee Harley and Farmer John & Eda Muller have all had the distinction, and all of them have enthusiastic partners and advisors to me from the very first day of the very first year that we got this Market going.
Do you have any idea how great that is, and how impossible in any other town in the State? Heck, en todo del mundo?
We could not have this great a market without them — or without you. The Friends of the Farmers Market are a vital piece of the equation and I hope you will consider joining or renewing your membership in the ranks of good folks who value this resource in our community. (Please contact farmersmarket@coastside.net for information.)
Our Markets are among less than a handful of independent Certified Farmers Markets in all of California. Our independence allows us to prioritize our local farms, fisheries, ranchers and food producers, and to Define “Local” in a meaningful way. At the Coastside Farmers Markets it means that 70% of the vendors come from within San Mateo County. The rest come from counties that touch us – when you move the Bay out of the way — or from as close as we can get the product. SO when you support these Markets, you are supporting your neighbors, their kids, their accountants, their mechanics (lots of mechanics this winter, I can assure you!).
Right now I am working away at the ever-challenging pre-season shenanigans – getting permits, booking musicians, securing sponsors, scheduling non-profits and the like — and it looks like we are on track to get ourselves open as usual the first week of May.
News Flash! Assemblyman Jerry Hill will be ringing the Opening Day Bell in Half Moon Bay, and Pacifica Mayor Mary Ann Nihart will do the honors at the Rockaway Beach location in Pacifica.
Onward – While we have some pretty nifty new things coming on this year, we will likely be getting off to a softer start that usual, because even though it is so Bahamas Beautiful today, fact is the chilly weather and late, constant rains have made for some reluctant arugula & bashful berries from some quarters, but I am happily making space in my freezer and panty, using up the last of the stash of blueberries to great effect. The Final Four in my house has nothing to do with basketball, but being down to the one last jar of raspberry, oallieberry, apricot and peach jam from the 2010 season. I am bartering them now at spectacular advantage, making way for this season’s version. So far, I have gotten a chicken-coop remodeled, 7 yards of mulch moved and a new section of fence put in on the promise of a jar-o-jam and a loaf of San Benito House bread as a bonus.
I might even let go of the last of the jam to a few of you first FOFM responders … Kati made a killer Lavender Blueberry preserve that just about started a fist-fight at a bingo game, but that’s another story for another time.
Happy Sunny Spring – and thanks for your support.
Coastside Farmers Markets — 2 locations May through December
Shoreline Station Half Moon Bay — Saturdays 9 a.m.-1p.m.
Rockaway Beach Pacifica — Wednesday 2:30-6:30 p.m.
650-726-4895
On April 28, 2011, Coastside HOPE will be a beneficiary of Community Days at New Leaf Community Markets and receive five percent of the day’s sales.
Coastside Hope, founded over 30 years ago is a community minded non-profit organization dedicated to providing a safety net of emergency services for those in need. They believe that when neighbors come together to help one another it benefits the community as a whole. The goal is not only to ensure that all coastsiders are able to meet their most basic needs but we also strive to provide the support needed in helping to rebuild stability. The key to their success is the generous support of our community and the ever-expanding network of neighbors and community partners who share the vision and commitment to making a difference.
New Leaf Shopping Center
150 San Mateo Rd., Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
