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    Borba Farms

    4.7 (11 reviews)

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    The best preserves and unusual produce like these lemon guavas!
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    Oh, Borba Farms, let me count the ways in which I love thee. Your produce is bountiful, beautiful and so varied. I adore the emphasis on the rare and lovely. Discovering the "difficult to find" like zucchini blossoms, pardon peppers, Romano beans and quince is a genuine treat. But then, making a new discovery, like your lemon guavas, what a treasure! And let's not overlook your preserves, quince, fig and the many berried. Ooh la la!

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    “Discovering the "difficult to find" like zucchini blossoms, pardon peppers, Romano beans and quince is a genuine treat.”

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    Gizdich Ranch - Dog friendly

    Gizdich Ranch

    4.3(910 reviews)
    7.2 mi
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    The good: This place is just all-so American and I love it…read more My aunt comes here for the berry pie and buys several of them to bring to me in SoCal. She's a frequent customer and she seldom eats pies. She sometimes freezes them. It's packed with so many berries and has a pure berry taste. It's sweet but still maintains the tartness/acidity of the berries so it helps your ability to eat more of it. My husband finished almost an entire pie in one day. The bad: My aunt said the apple pie is too sweet and therefore prefers the more tart/sour berry pie. I wish I tried the pie with ice cream because that would have been a nice compliment. The interesting: They're family owned and have been around for decades. You can pick fruits here too.

    We came here for the first time today to visit. We waited for a parking space and then just as we…read morewere about to park, the woman in the photo appeared in front of my vehicle waiving her arms and denied us the parking space. Come to find out that this was the owner of the ranch! My wife, who suffers from stage-4 cancer and has difficulty walking needed to park close to the shop and this was a perfect spot. She was excited to purchase a pie and other treats, but was shocked and disappointed when the extremely rude owner turned us away. We had driven very far to see the ranch and were extremely disappointed. Never coming back and would recommend others not visit because of the discrimination this business owner showed for absolutely no reason.

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    Gizdich Ranch - Dutch apple pie a la mode

    Dutch apple pie a la mode

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    Dew dropped apples

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    Nunez Farm - yellow swiss chard

    Nunez Farm

    3.8(5 reviews)
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    We saw signs and had to make a pit stop for local fresh strawberries! They also have a selection of…read morefresh produce as well!

    Peter Piper picked a peck of purple peppers…read more Wait? What did Peter Piper pick? Purple peppers? I kid you not! Okay, maybe it wasn't Peter Piper who picked them, but he could have had he visited the Nunez Farm. It's a fact that purple bell peppers have been around since the mid-80's, but this was the first time I've ever walked upon rows upon rows of them in a field. The purple bell peppers are just one of the crops being harvested at Guillebaldo Nunez' vegetable farm in Watsonville. Artichokes Basil Bell Peppers (Green) Broccoli Butter Lettuce Cabbage (Green) Carrots Celery Collard Greens Fennel Heirloom Tomatoes Kale (Green) Leeks Pink Swiss Chard Potatoes Purple Kale Puple Thai Basil Rainbow Swiss Chard Red Beets Red Cabbage Red Lettuce Swiss Chard White Corn Yellow Swiss Chard Zucchini That's just a fraction of the crops being grown on the Nunez Farm, and it's all organic! That's right! Pesticide and chemical free! When our bus driver missed his turn Guillebaldo jumped into his truck and drove out to the main road to escort our bus into his farm. We were there for the last stop on on our education-filled farm tour. The Nunez Farm is incredible in size, and all of the crops are sold in farmers markets throughout Northern California and at Whole Foods stores under the brand "ALBA Organics". Guillebaldo walked us out to his fields to show us the rainbow of Swiss chards that he has planted. Green, orange, yellow, red, pink - just a variety of colors. I had never seen the yellow ones before and I was fascinated by them. On the same field were green and purple kale. I'd never had kale before and sampled some right there as a leaf was pulled off a plant and passed around to sample. We learned about the nutritious aspect of the kale as well as planting techniques and even ways to cook them. On the opposite side of the field were rows upon row of gigantic heirloom tomatoes hanging on thin sturdy vines. We were told that the fruits had just been picked that morning, but Guillebaldo told us that if we found any other ripe ones in there we were welcomed to pick it. Some of our group got really lucky when Guillebaldo found a whole plant unpicked. I missed out as I had stopped to take photos of big green tomatoes. To the opposite side of the tomato crops was a huge eye opener as we saw a gigantic color-filled farm that seemed to stretch forever. Guillebaldo gave us a quick rundown of all of his crops back there and offered to pick whatever our group requested. His generous offer turned up big red beets, ripe artichoke and handfuls upon handfuls of traditional green and Thai purple basil. The hit of the farm was the beautiful purple bell peppers. Guillebaldo said these were a first-time crop for him and he welcomed us onto the field to pick our own. He cracked one open, broke it into several pieces and passed it around for us to sample. The meat is slightly thinner than that of a green bell pepper, but these were so much sweeter. I might have missed out on the tomatoes but no way did I miss out on these. Time wasn't on our side; otherwise, we might have walked off with a lot more fresh produce than we did. A big thanks goes to Guillebaldo Nunez for opening up his farm to us. I'll be looking for that ALBA brand next time I'm shopping for organics. Where are the photos? Right here... http://www.flickr.com/photos/26-2milesandmore/sets/72157621625559039/

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    Nunez Farm - Our happy tour group and our pickings for this stop (Photo credit to Sarah N)

    Our happy tour group and our pickings for this stop (Photo credit to Sarah N)

    Nunez Farm - Purple bell peppers from the Nunez Farm

    Purple bell peppers from the Nunez Farm

    Nunez Farm - Huge organic heirloom tomatoes

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