Allard Farms had a booth today at the Inner Sunset Farmers Market San Francisco. I liked the look…read moreof their freshly picked stone fruits, but found myself questioning their dried fruits. I'd say check out their fresh fruits if you see them at the market. 3rd Generation farming since 1909.

Super close to the fwy Family owned…read moreSuper friendly Nice selection of pluots, peaches, cherries & berries Almonds in the shell Pistachios in the shell Shelled walnuts Plump (unsweetened!) dried cherries Dried peaches, pears & apples Fig jam Apricot sauce Small stand but definitely worth a stop : )

I found out about this place from a random video that I saw on TikTok, and I asked my sister if she…read morewas down to go visit this place this past Sunday, March 1st. There's plenty of parking there. We arrived around 8:15am, and we were abit disappointment in the trees as most of the blossoms have fallen off. We walked further down into the farm, and then we found some of the trees still have some blossoms. It looked like snow covered because of the fallen flower petals. We had a lovely time taking pictures and little videos. Because of the time restraint, we didn't visit the farm stand. I would definitely visit the next time I go. It's free to visit. I definitely recommend going to the Secret Garden afterwards for a lovely brunch/lunch/or dinner. That's what we did. :) Also, I think it would have been better to go visit in mid/late February because the trees would have more of the blossoms.

Lovely place. We visited this place on our recent visit to the Almond Blossom Festival. I learnt…read morethat they have been doing this business for generations. One of the very few farms that lets you walk among the almond trees. It is gorgeous and the blooms might last another coupla weeks. The recent rains created a nice white carpet with the blossoms on the green land. Some great produce in the farmstand as well.

This is a farm stand that has pumpkins and phot props for the fall. It was a fun little stop after…read moreattending the Turlock farmers market. They had loads of pumpkins, but also seasonal produce. We spent about fifteen minutes here.

This has been one of my favorites for years, but it's really slipped this year. Over and under ripe…read morefruit for sale, labeled as tree ripened. No more sample tray so you can judge for yourself. And the new man manning the stand is certainly not the cheerful face of the operation. They used to always have friendly and helpful (I always assumed they were local ag students) people working there. I hope this is a temporary situation. I used to stop every time I drove past. Now I don't even bother.

I went to the Farmers Market in Modesto last Saturday and bought: Wasabi Almonds, Plain Almonds,…read moreChile Almonds and some Dried Fruit Medley. Mixed them together for delicious snacks at work! Boy I am so happy with this mixture! I highly recommended Four K Farms!

The address of this may be a bit misleading as I have never once purchased Lou Lou's Garden jams on…read moreline or in San Francisco, but I'm following her label's address, so here goes... For many years now we have enjoyed jams, jellies, chutneys, and pickled fruits from this delicious purveyor of all things fruit-y and sensational! We have always gotten the goods at the Saturday Berkeley farmers' market on Center Street where "the Jam Lady", as my sons call her, has a booth. Each week there is a line of all the jams for the week with tasting spoons and each week we never fail to try something new. My all-time, hands-down favorite has got to be the Rose Petal Jelly, followed closely by the Quince jelly...so perfumed, pale and romantic! I have made jam tarts, and oodles of swell toast breakfasts with this delicious & addictive stuff! My sons are very partial to the Strawberry Meyer Lemon jam, the Boysenberry, Blackberry, and the Lime Marmalade...what better way to celebrate these amazing flavors than with the revered PBJ?! My husband loves the Bergamot Marmalade and the bitter Seville Marmalade as well...Did I mention the Meyer Lemon Marmalade?? I use it for glazes on roasts, and we are known for sampling all sorts of flavors with cheese & crackers. Today we splurged and bought 2!! I got some Crab apple & Thyme which I plan to snack on with said crackers & Cheddar! The other indulgence that caught my eye today was the Plum Lavender Chutney which I will squirrel away for another day...perhaps alongside a roast pork loin, or perhaps with some Indian food. Who knows? All I know is that when it comes to jams & jellies, we live in an area with so many inspired & inspiring makers of these delights! If you can't get to the market on Saturday mornings, check out the website or the Ferry Building...these products are worth seeking out. They run anywhere from $8.00-$10.00 a jar. There are also pickles, Italian pickled fruit, and now some almond butter. We have never been disappointed with anything. Absolutely delicious!

Yogi Bear resort unfortunately it feels more focused on squeezing every dollar possible out of…read morefamilies than actually creating an affordable experience for kids and parents. The prices inside the store are honestly ridiculous. Everything from chips and drinks to toys and basic necessities is marked up to an unreasonable level. Families already spend a lot just to stay at the resort, and once you're there, it feels like you're trapped paying inflated prices for every little thing your kids want or need. There's no consideration for affordability or for the average family trying to give their children a good time without going broke. The laundromat was another huge disappointment. Machines barely worked, several looked out of service, and the area was dirty and poorly maintained. For a family resort where people stay multiple days, that's unacceptable. What makes this frustrating is that the employees themselves are amazing. The staff were friendly, hardworking, patient with guests, and clearly doing the best they can under poor management decisions. The workers deserve far better pay and appreciation because they are the only reason this place still has a positive atmosphere. Management seriously needs to rethink the pricing, maintenance, and overall customer experience instead of treating families like walking wallets. Corporate is a whole bunch of investors. Who think it's OK not to care with families feel like our so they make every soda five dollars and every toy which does not make any sense to top it off. The waterpark is closed and the activity rooms are closed. Still pay full price. Is not family friendly environment do not come unless you have your money and you're willing to spend the least 200 to 300 bucks on extra stuff. Toilet paper, boiling washing, bacon, eggs. You can tell it's establishment is not meant for the consumer or for the children or the parents strictly made for the investors. It's very obvious that all price point it feels like you're in Las Vegas the way they charge you outrageously for things. I'm just a normal guy from Sacramento, California. I live a middle class life. I'm not rich. I only can afford detector family out these things affordable and once we came iTunes scene every toy was $30. After tax, this is a very bad review no stars the service however was excellent. Especially Jennifer. The ground keepers. Everyone was super nice and did their job very well. The establishment itself is very old and poor bathrooms. Look like someone left them to rot for years. Do not use bathrooms. Do not come Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday because waterpark is not open. Yes the swimming pool is open. That's it go to Walmart. Do not buy groceries from this place. I came with five people and met a few more and we're all leaving like reviews. Enjoy your day. I hope this saves you the hassle that I have to go through my family.

Good deals on the full line of Blue Diamond almonds plus a few others that are more unique -- I got…read moresome butter toffee as well as Jordan almonds and am looking forward to digging into those. Not sure why more people don't know about this shop. It's super convenient and unique to the region.

We've probably passed up this place 100 times not knowing it was there since we only drive up 108…read more..turned off to take my wife to the thrift store and saw this place...Very nice space and great breads,pastries and some oil,jarred peppers and service! . There's a freezer with some frozen popular brand linguica I've been wanting to try.. we had the blueberry croissant and the Napoleon cake believe its called...very tasty...will be back !

HAVE AGAIN: The lemon rosemary break was very good. Friendly service at Terra Madre in Sacramento…read more NOT HAVE AGAIN: I asked if the cinnamon roll had a light weight or a heavy weight. Answer was heavy, but it was more light weight without much density of great cinnamon rolls.

Upon seeing the company logo…read more(http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/m0I1TLmK568I29YBnfBlmA?select=f_SZnXa0FeKMeFhqbmA7Bw#f_SZnXa0FeKMeFhqbmA7Bw) I'll admit I was a quite skeptical. Throughout my life I've had lots of fresh apricots, and depending on the source these have ranged from bland to tart to sweet, but to make the claim that theirs was the sweetest on earth ... I knew I had to try these to believe it! Thanks to CUESA, the educational organization that runs the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market, a group of us got to visit with farmer John Driver on his 10 acre apricot orchard recently. The farm doesn't offer public tours and these CandyCots are fairly exclusive so this might have been an opportunity of a lifetime to actually visit the farm. CandyCot apricots are bred varieties, grown under the hot Central Valley heat. The fruits which are smaller in size than the standard supermarket apricot are known for their pronounced flavor described by some as "spicy" and their high sugar content. Using a Brix rating system which measures dissolved sugars CandyCot ratings measure in the 20's and 30's while standard apricots are usually in the teens. Because it was a scorching 97 degrees outside John picked out a nice covered area to do a presentation for our group (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/m0I1TLmK568I29YBnfBlmA?select=f_SZnXa0FeKMeFhqbmA7Bw#RvTqNPe7kmfcGbhoA5vzqA) and give us the lowdown on his CandyCot fruits. John has traveled the world in search of truly sweet and flavorful apricots and in his introduction he brought up places like Kazahstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Central Asia. He gathers seeds, grows plant samples and grafts them together (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/m0I1TLmK568I29YBnfBlmA?select=f_SZnXa0FeKMeFhqbmA7Bw#Gm-KBNQISJJG_m8m9NN-0Q) in an attempt to recreate some of earth's sweetest fruit. These plants take many years of love and nurturing in order to bear fruit and John's patience and dedication to his craft has resulted in the sweetest apricots almost every member of our group would later agree that they had ever sampled. To prove this point John also has non-grafted California Blenheim apricots (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/m0I1TLmK568I29YBnfBlmA?select=f_SZnXa0FeKMeFhqbmA7Bw#zknyp7DAo6EMihCLeZHZLQ) on his orchard for skeptics like myself to sample and compare. Blenheims are the standard California apricots found in most supermarket produce sections. After a short talk and Q&A on soil conditioning, pruning and pest management John took us out onto the orchard and allowed our group to pick and sample fruit directly from the trees (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/m0I1TLmK568I29YBnfBlmA?select=f_SZnXa0FeKMeFhqbmA7Bw#3ZeeqGX8i2WPQ9JSCuHtZQ). For the record John prunes his trees using the letter V shape (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/m0I1TLmK568I29YBnfBlmA?select=f_SZnXa0FeKMeFhqbmA7Bw#4tm2_oBedWSHZwRi9G3OyQ) because it creates better airflow for his trees and the fruits seem to grow best this way. These were the Anya variety and we were instructed to pick anything that didn't have green spots. Many of the fruit had brown spots not caused by bruising as John explained but are actually natural indicators of the fruit's sugar content. The more browning on the fruit the sweeter the fruit. I picked one of those and bit into it without a second thought. The juice actually popped from the fruit and ran down my chin and all over my hands. Apricot heaven is what immediately came to mind. These apricots were beyond sweet and amazingly enough one could truly differentiate between the apricot flavor and the sugar content. As unbearable as the outside heat was I didn't want to leave that orchard. Thankfully, John allowed us to pick extras so I had fruit to take home to enjoy (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/m0I1TLmK568I29YBnfBlmA?select=f_SZnXa0FeKMeFhqbmA7Bw#9GydI61pdwGNnvQ6-1kIOg). CandyCots are currently sold either at the Saturday Ferry Plaza Farmers Market (only through July 7, 2012), select markets such as Save Mart and Whole Foods or through mail order. Check out their website for more details. Because of the high sugar content the fruits don't spoil as quickly and keep very well in the refrigerator.