Web Site Designed by Mon Valley Internet Services July 2012 Raspberry Festival: Enjoy raspberry desserts and smoothies. Fun for the whole family! PYO raspberries available, “ Early bird gets the worm.” PEACHES (yellow or white)- Beautiful traditional yellow fruits or the delicate & sweet white peaches are both available to entertain your taste buds. Slice for a snack, bake in a dessert, and just enjoy the peachy season! Available mid-July through mid-September NECTARINES (yellow or white)- Nothing better than a tangy, juice-filled snack, or as big as ours grow, a full lunch! You will never eat a store-bought nectarine again! Available in July/August. August 13th & 14th    Peach Festival: Enjoy peach desserts and smoothies. Fun for the whole family! TOMATOES - For eating or canning. a real tomato lover can taste the local difference! BLT season is upon us! Available late July through September, and sometimes longer! Always call ahead for larger orders, 724-258-3557. PEPPERS - Thick-walled and full of pepper flavor, slice for a salad, stew up stuffed peppers, or freeze for winter, both green and red; Cubanelle and hot banana peppers are grown at Triple B also. You can even smell our savory peppers before you cut into them. Available late July through early September. BLACKBERRIES - Beautiful, black, juicy, and sweet, no need for sugar, but use some if you want to! Cook, eat, or freeze! Available in August. Call ahead for larger orders. ITALIAN TOMATOES - Tomato canners take note - Triple B Roma tomatoes are the best locally. Huge and meaty for your specialty sauce! Available late August through September. Call ahead for large orders. September 5th, 2011 - Labor Day. Open until 3 pm. stop in and pick up some great sweet corn for your “End of Summer” picnic! And don’t forget SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER, every weekend is PICK YOUR OWN APPLES! Lots of varieties available! Pick a bag for school lunches each week! APPLES - Our apples are enormous, beautiful in color and tremendous in flavor. Just grab one and try, crisp and sweet. Nothing better for school lunches and snacks. Varieties are listed in approximate order of ripening :Gala - Honeycrisp - Jonagold - Fuji - Golden Delicious - Mutsu/Crispin - Suncrisp – Cameo. PICK YOUR OWN APPLES: every weekend in September and October! Great fun for the whole family! September 17th, 2011 MEET THE FARMER DAY in conjunction with Western PA Buy Fresh Buy Local Farm Tours (www.pasa.com). Enjoy a day at Triple B, take a hayride with the farmer and talk some “ag.” Then take your family apple picking! September & October PICK YOUR OWN APPLES MONTHS Pittsburgh’s Finest Fall Family Apple & Pumpkin Festival Sept 24th-Oct 31st Our varieties in order of ripeness: Early Gala - eating  -  Sweet, crisp (early & late varieties) Honeycrisp - eating  -  Rich, sweet flavor, large   Not offered for Pick Your Own Jonagold - eating & cooking - Blend of tart Jonathan and sweet Golden delicious Golden Delicious- good “all around” apple  - Sweet Mutsu (Crispin) - eating & cooking  - Sweet-tart, crisp Autumn Gala - eating - Sweet, crisp Cameo - eating & cooking - Crisp & sweet Late Fuji - eating & cooking - Sweet, hard, juicy Suncrisp - eating & cooking - sweet-tart, crisp Early Fuji - eating & cooking - Sweet, hard, tasty, juicy PUMPKINS – They come in all sizes and shapes, cooking eating, stewing, carving, decorating, Triple B Farms has them all!  Available late September through October. WINTER SQUASH – Acorn, butternut, and spaghetti are the most popular. Available late September through October. ALSO CIDER & FALL DECORATING SUPPLIES  Available September & October: Including gourds, cornstalks, bales of straw, and mums. Come and visit! Homegrown Harvest Schedule (all dates are approximate and vary each growing season) May 2012: ALWAYS CALL before coming for strawberries, 724-258-3557. If the crop is ripe,we will be open Memorial Day until 3 p.m. stop in and pick up fresh strawberries for your picnic! Each year varies in ripening schedule. STRAWBERRIES - Nothing is better than the taste of field-ripened, delicious local strawberries, ready for picking. Bring the whole family to pick strawberries and see farm animals. Available late May thru mid-June. Pick Your Own (PYO) or fresh picked in our Farm Market. June 2012 Strawberry Festival: Enjoy strawberry desserts and smoothies. Fun for the whole family! Don’t forget to come pick your own berries, then stop in for breakfast after your early start! We always serve strawberry pancakes with all the trimmings! (click here for details)   ZUCCHINI – Both yellow and green zucchini, the best vegetable to cook, eat raw, or mix in! We all have lots of recipes to create and indulge with zucchini. Available mid-June thru September SUGAR SNAP PEAS - Eat raw or cook, they are the sweetest of almost any vegetable available. Eat them while they are fresh! Available mid-late June, for a short season only! RED & BLACK RASPBERRIES – Plump, juicy, decadent raspberries both red and black. We all love them! Available mid-June thru July. Pick Your Own Blacks only (PYO) or both colors fresh picked in our Farm Market CUCUMBERS & PICKLES – Straight and firm, easily sliced, and delicious flavor. Try your hand at making homemade pickles! Available late June thru September GREEN BEANS – Long, linguine-like local beans have more flavor then any store bought varieties. Enjoy them raw or cooked, in salads or casseroles. Available late June thru mid- September SWEET CORN – Pittsburgh’s BEST and we are NOT exaggerating! If you have never tasted our sweet corn, it is fabulous. No need to cook, it is so sweet, but if you prefer to warm it slightly and melt butter over it, feel free! Available July thru mid-September July 4 - 4th of July. Open until 3 pm. stop in and pick up some great sweet corn for your picnic!