Dates for suhoor: why fiber-wrapped natural sugars carry a fasting day, the yogurt/oatmeal/smoothie combinations that last longest, how many to eat, and the case for stocking the m
When are Medjool dates in season? A Coachella Valley date farm walks the year: pollination in spring, harvest from late August into November, and how to buy the freshest fruit any
Tamr (تمر) — the Arabic word for fully ripened dates: the khalal-rutab-tamr stages explained, tamr's place at iftar and suhoor, and where to buy it fresh from a California far
Ajwa vs Medjool dates, answered honestly by a California farmer: Ajwa's unique religious significance has no substitute — and for daily iftar, khajoor and feeding a community, fr
Sam Cobb Farms sits in Desert Hot Springs — which makes this the closest comparison we’ll ever write, because our own palms grow in Sky Valley, the next community over. Two
San Marcos Date Farm sits on Lin Mar Court in Desert Hot Springs — which makes this a comparison between close neighbors, because our own palms grow in Sky Valley, minutes away.
Desert Mountain Dates is a small grower in our own Coachella Valley — a neighbor, truthfully, in the business of the same desert fruit. People searching the valley’s farms
If you’ve driven the I-10 toward Palm Springs, you know Hadley Fruit Orchards — the Cabazon landmark that’s been feeding road-trippers since 1931, home of the famous
Our grove in Sky Valley — written between harvests by the farmer. Start with a date big enough to stuff: jumbo Medjool. If you know someone who claims they don’t like dates
A date-sweetened pumpkin pie from a California date farm: 12 Medjool dates replace the sugar and condensed milk, the filling sets like the classic, plus Thanksgiving box math.