Author name: Mark Newman

Quest for a Great Granola Why does a business that makes jam from a single tree offer granola? Because it is soooo good! The first time I sold at the Tallahassee Downtown Market, I was chatting with a customer about my jams. He surveyed my table and asked, “What else have you got?” As I […]

Killer Kumquats Kum-What? The kumquat tree came to Europe and the United States from China in the 1800s. Like other citrus trees, kumquats are harvested from November to early spring. The kumquat is a small, oblong citrus fruit about 1-2 inches in length. The inside flesh tastes very much like a sour orange but given

Orange jam and “the freeze” The freeze in early 2022 impacted most of the citrus trees in the Tallahassee area. Some trees died, others defoliated and produced little to no fruit, including all of Bill’s orange trees. But somehow, Twila’s orange tree survived and bore fruit. Her tree was the only source of oranges I