Squash Economics iat The Farm in Salinas, California by Ruth Paget

Squash Harvest is in The Farm in Salinas, California by Ruth Paget

Now is the time to buy squash for decorating and eating, bringing children out to jump on haystacks and ride mini tractors, and buy a homemade pie.

Look at the squash beauties below!  Orange colored squash has vitamin A, which is important for vision.  Chop it up, remove the filaments inside, brush the flesh with oil, and bake it at 350 for an hour.  Eat it with butter and paprika.  The filaments and skin can be recycled as green waste.

Even the too cool to care goats were checking out the squash.

My husband Laurent and I bought a berry pie. Starting in November, the bakery will be the only department open at The Farm till spring.

The following video deals with baking butternut squash.  For squash that is hard to peel, I leave the peel and bake slices or cubes of squash and then scoop out the flesh from the peel:

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/229733/simple-roasted-butternut-squash/

Another fun marketing day in Salinas, California.

Photos and text by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France

Seagull Munching on Guano at Pebble Beach, California video by Ruth Paget

While waiting to film brown pelicans at Pebble Beach, California, I saw a seagull eating guano on a rock with waves crashing behind it and brown pelicans doing fly-bys  behind it.  

The sound of the waves crashing is excellent on the video below:

Guano is bird feces.  It is highly sought as a fertilizer and wars have been fought over it.

Video and text by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France

Oktoberfest at Asilomar on October 11, 2025 in Pacific Grove, California reposted by Ruth Paget

Oktoberfest is being celebrated on October 11, 2025 at Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific Grove, California.

For information about tickets, I have reposted the Monterey County Weekly calendar posting below:

Oktoberfest at Asilomar in Pacific Grove, California

Reposted by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France

California Debt Watch Tool looks interesting reposted by Ruth Paget

This debt watch tool managed by the State of California looks useful:

California Debt Watch

Reposted by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France

Taco Kit Dinner at Costco in Sand City, California by Ruth Paget

Taco Kit Deal at Costco in Sand City, California by Ruth Paget

The Southwestern US taco dinner at Costco in Sand City, California provides enough food for 3 people to eat 4 medium tacos for about $5.50

The kit comes with:

-12 soft corn tortillas

-Al Pastor chicken pieces that are precooked

-shredded cabbage

 -shredded cheese

-cilantro lime crema salsa

-spicy hot salsa

-4 lime sections to squeeze on the tacos or squeeze into beer

I took photos of the taco kit below:

Taco Tuesday is easy to do with one of these taco kits at Costco.

Your weekly dinner menu could look like this:

Monday - pasta dinner

Tuesday - taco Tuesday

Wednesday - wings and drumsticks

Thursday - fish or seafood delivery

Friday - pizza - Detroit pizza is reasonably priced at Nob Hill

By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France

Shipwrecks of the Monterey Peninsula Talk on October 18, 2025 in Monterey, California reposted by Ruth Paget

There will be a talk on Shipwrecks of the Monterey Peninsula on October 18, 2025 in Monterey, California at California’s First Theatre.

For details about this event, I have reposted information from The Monterey County Weekly:

Shipwrecks of the Monterey Peninsula

Reposted by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France 

Medicinal Plant Tour on October 12, 2025

There will be a Medicinal Plant Tour on October 12, 2025 in Monterey, California on Fisherman’s Wharf.  

Information about the event follows reposted from the Monterey County Weekly:

Medicinal Plant Tour

Reposted by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Msrrying France