Posted in all, contra costa, fun things to do with kids, green living, natural living, natural living moms, walnut creek, walnut creek farmers market, tagged diablo valley farmers market, hamada farms, happy boy farms, shadelands on November 21, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Here are some lovely items I picked up at the Diablo Valley Farmers’ Market today; Happy Boy Farms Delicata squash and salad mix with edible flowers, Hamada Farms Cara Cara oranges, Red Rio grapefruit, Satsuma oranges, Meyer lemon and more. I’m not sure what causes the interesting pattern on the grapefruit. This market is every Saturday year round at the Shadelands in Walnut Creek. Parking is super easy and the market is large and pleasant under the trees.
Posted in all, contra costa, fun things to do with kids, green living, natural living, natural living moms, walnut creek, walnut creek farmers market, tagged asian pears, hamada farms, medina farms, walnut creek farmers market on August 23, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Here’s a photo of my bounty from the Walnut Creek Farmers’ Market this morning. All fruit is from Hamada and Medina farms (my favorite fruit vendors). Even the blue bowl is from the market, but they’re only sold close to the holidays. The Walnut Creek market is open every Sunday morning from 9am – 1 pm.
Posted in all, bay area events, contra costa, fun things to do with kids, green living, natural living, walnut creek, tagged cherry festival, Contra Costa weekend events, diablo valley, diablo valley farmers market, shadowbrook winery, temescal festival, walnut creek events on June 2, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Saturday & Sunday, June 6th and 7th, Heather Farm, Walnut Creek. Wine and beer, distinctive art, hand-made crafts, children’s area, entertainment and more.
Saturday, June 6th, Shadelands, Walnut Creek. Opening day of the new Diablo Valley Farmers’ Market. Ribbon cutting ceremony at 9am along with local Shadowbrook Winery releasing it’s new wines. Kids crafts, music and of course lots of fresh local produce!
Saturday, June 6th, downtown San Leandro. 100th anniversary of the San Leandro Cherry Festival which started in 1909! Farmers market, cherry pie bake-off, live music, arts and entertainment, specialty foods, activities for children and more.
Sunday, June 7th, Telegraph Ave. from 47th to 51st, Oakland. Eco activities, music, global food and more.
Posted in all, contra costa, green living, walnut creek, tagged diablo valley, diablo valley farmers market, farmers markets, local farmers markets, shadelands farmers market, walnut creek farmers markets on May 27, 2009| Leave a Comment »
New to Walnut Creek this year is the Diablo Valley Farmers’ Market! The market will be open every Saturday morning from 9 am -1 pm from June 6th through early August. The market will be located at the Shadelands; Mitchell Drive and North Wiget Lane in Walnut Creek. I’ll let you know how it is!
Looking for a California farmers’ market near you? Check out this link: California Certified Farmers’ Markets.
Posted in all, walnut creek, walnut creek farmers market, tagged farmers market, medina farms, walnut creek farmers market on May 12, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I got to do all of the things I love – be with family, eat wonderful food, shop at the Walnut Creek farmers’ market and go for a hike! Check out these luscious strawberries from Medina Farms. They’re HUGE, organic and delicious!
Shopping!
Walnut Creek Farmers Market
Medina Strawberries
Posted in all, contra costa, hiking, hiking with kids, walnut creek, tagged contra costa hiking, east bay hiking, hiking, outdoors with kids, parenting, walks with preschoolers on April 26, 2009| Leave a Comment »
I wanted to post this article I wrote for the Pleasant Hill/Walnut Creek Mothers’ Club newsletter in April of 2008. It lists several local short hikes that are suitable for preschool age children and above.
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April is a great time to be outdoors and enjoy the moderate temperatures, spring wildflowers and rolling green hills of our wonderful East Bay parks. Here are a few of my favorite local spots to hike with young children.
Heather Farm – Heather Farm in Walnut Creek has a wonderful large playground but if you stroll beyond the play area you’ll come to The Gardens at Heather Farm where you can explore a native plants garden, sensory garden, rose garden and much more. If you walk beyond the fountain at the Farm you’ll come to a natural lake, and there’s a path that goes all the way around the lake which is a perfect walk for little ones. The entire loop is less than a mile and children will get to see ducks, geese and depending on the time of year – migratory birds. Also en-route is a new dog park, or if you walk straight instead of doing a loop you’ll end up at the Contra Costa Canal Trail which goes for miles in both directions. The path around the lake is paved except for one small dirt section.
CoCo Earth Moms 
