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.

Excellent produce and pies. Vety helpful people who are happy. Produce is fresh, eggs are the best.read more

Worked here for years and this will always be the best fruit I've ever tasted. Will miss the fruit…read morestand and the fishers very much!

We checked out the farmers' market last weekend on the hottest day. First time at the Modesto FM…read more They have a good selection of fruits, veggies and homemade items. We ended up buying some kale, cilantro, nectarines, shiitake mushrooms and king oyster mushrooms.

We recently moved to Modesto and love living here close to Oakdale as we love that little town as…read morewell. We decided to try Oakdale farmer's market, nice but few produce stands and small variety to choose from. Mostly stuff for families with children activities, which is a good thing but we are retired seniors. So we checked out Modesto farmer's market the following weekend and viola, this is what we were looking for. Plenty of choices and quite a nice variety. Also, we spent the same amount of money and got triple the produce etc. We will stick with the Modesto farmer's market. Thank you for having a nice place to shop for good food

Best brittle anywhere, but they closed for Retirement this March…read moreWish they would sell their recipe!!

Purchased 2 packages of shelled almonds. Nuts were stale and…read moredamp. Tossed into trash. Have purchased Alfieri for many years at S.F. Ferry Building Saturday market. Always great in the past. This was a very inferior purchase. Will not buy again!

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.

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!

My dad wanted to get one of their freshly baked apple pies. Very cute and quaint bakery on an…read morealmond orchard farm. I picked up a coffee mug as a souvenir. Nicely decorated interior. Great service. We will have the apple pie with vanilla ice cream later on for dessert. I know it it will be yummy!!!

The aesthetic of the location is beautiful! However the pie is nothing to rave about especially for…read more$40. We had been wanting to try this so called "gem" for a long time. Knowing now that the pie is meh at best. I will not be going back. Pie's in this part of California are not good. Best pie I have ever had is in Julian California at the Julian Pie Company. If you ever are interested in going it's not too far from San Diego California. In the fall it's beautiful but all year round is great to go and enjoy the best pies and scenery.

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.