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While Frog Hollow Farm is known for our legendary summer stone fruit, our growing citrus orchards are gaining more momentum each year. Farmer Al first started growing citrus about 25 years ago with Blood Oranges, Meyer lemons and Kumquats plus…
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Farm Focus: The Future of Citrus at Frog Hollow
Posted in Blog Tagged with: bay area citrus, bay area farm, california citrus, california organic citrus, Citrus, citrus farming, citrus season, Organic Farming
Farm Focus: Barn Owl Boxes
At Frog Hollow Farm, we’ve become hooked on owl boxes. These are wooden homes, built specifically to house the magical and mysterious Barn Owls and their owlets. We are constructing and mounting owl boxes at the farm for two main…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: barn owls, bay area farm, birds of prey, gopher, Organic Farming, owl boxes, owls
Farm Focus: Preparing for Planting
While the weather remains largely dry, our Ground Team has been busy preparing 20 acres of ground for a new block of trees. To begin, we brought in a Caterpillar tractor that has three big steel shanks on the back…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: bay area farm, california farming, california organic fruit farm, clay loam., farming, orchard management, soil, sustainable farming, winter rains
Farm Focus: Apples
Originating in the mountains of Eastern Europe wild apples were first domesticated by humans many centuries ago for their amazing flavor, long shelf life, and beauty. Part of the Rosaceae or Rose family apples spread across the world along with…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: american apples, apple, Apples, bay area farm, fruitstock, grafting, heirloom apples, johnny appleseed, orchard, Organic Farming, rootstock, scion
Farm Focus: Milling Frog Hollow Farm Olives
We visited McEvoy Ranch in Petaluma last week to see some of our olives being milled and to learn all about the process. After hand harvesting olives, we deliver them to McEvoy Ranch in Petaluma. We send them to the…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: bay area farm, Brentwood, california olive harvest, california olive oil, california organic olive oil, evoo, extra virgin olive oil, fall, olio, Olive, olive harvest 2017, Olive Oil, organic olive oil, petaluma, small farm
