Tricker Treats!

The days are getting shorter and Halloween is just around the corner. Bands of miniature ghouls, goblins and super heroes will soon clamor to (y)our doorsteps for "Tricker Treats!!" In honor of our favorite time of year, we have prepared a bevy of recipes for homemade Halloween treats. Speaking of homemade, the early contributions to the Pie Throwdown make our tummies rumble, so keep your submissions coming!

We also would like to introduce you to our new partner and master gardener, Bernardo Lopez, who has penned this month's Gardening Tips for fruit tree growers. We also offer you a report on a Kitchen Table Talks conversation about Mayor Gavin Newsom's Directive on Sustainable Food!

Happy Halloween!
Kaytea and Oriana

Gardening Tips

Fall Fruit Tree Care by Bernardo Lopez

Fall is upon us. This is the time when following a few easy preventive steps will protect your fruit trees from disease and give them a head start for the following growing season.
Five Easy Steps

    Continue to Harvest Your Fruit
    Rake Leaves
    Pick Fruit Carefully
    No Major Pruning During Fall
    No Fertilizing

Pie Throwdown

Contest Deadline Extended!

There were numerous requests for more time to enter the Pie Throwdown, so the deadline has been moved to Monday, October 26th. Have a sneak peek at the early entries!

     Immelda Burke McLaughlin's Lemon Chiffon Pie
     You Lie! Pie
     Apple Pie
     Bertha Sweeton's Pecan Pie
     Shaker Lemon Tart

Don't forget to enter your favorite pie recipe in the Neighborhood Fruit Pie Throwdown! The winners will be announced in the November Grapevine.

Events

Kitchen Table Talks: SF's Sustainable Food Directive

The latest installment of the Kitchen Table Talks conversation series focused on Mayor Gavin Newsom's Executive Directive on Healthy and Sustainable Food. Guest speakers Paula Jones, Director of Food Systems at San Francisco Department of Public Health and Antonio Roman-Alcala, Food Policy Educator, opened the conversation.

Neighborhood Fruit participated in the conversation and wanted to share some interesting takeaways with our community. Read More ...

Add your event to our calendar!

Recipes & Techniques

Trick-or-Treat!

Aunt Mabel's Caramel Apple The Baby Boomer generation was the last one to grow up getting these for Halloween, because it was still an era when people would allow their children to eat homemade treats from strangers. Read more...

Bing Tang Hu Lu (Beijing Candied Fruit Sticks) These are a traditional Beijing winter snack made with haw fruit. Read more...

Mary Ann's Brine Cured Olives We received some requests for an olive recipe. The grownups need something to eat while quaffing martinis and handing out candy to kids on Halloween, right? Read more...

Share your recipes and kitchen ideas in our Recipes and Techniques Forum.

Fruit Label

It's a Tricker Treater!

It's a Tricker Treater, who steals apples, pears and chestnuts under the cover of night. Whooooooooo!!

The monthly fruit label is provided to help you mark fruit that you share with others in the Neighborhood Fruit community! Print the label and affix it to the bag of fruit you've prepared for a fruit seeker or to identify a tree.

Don't have fruit to share? Download the desktop version just for fun!

We are always looking for label art submissions. Please contact us for guidelines - get famous and showcase your art within the Neighborhood Fruit community!