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Spring is synonymous with blooming flowers and where there are blooming flowers there are bees! And while most people think of European honey bees, we work hard to make the farm a hospitable place for all sorts of bees, especially…
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Farm Focus: Cover Crops
This winter we are continuing our work with Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) which has provided funding for us to purchase seed to plant cover crops in one of our orchards. Frog Hollow has long been a proponent of keeping…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: bay area farm, california organic farm, cover crop, cover crops, farming, organic orchard, stewardship, sustainabilty
Farm Focus: Cover Crops
Most people have disdain towards the weeds that grow in their garden. At Frog Hollow Farm, we not only embrace weeds, but we purposefully plant them to improve what we do. It might sound crazy, but many weeds provide important…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: Barley, bell beans, benefits, carbon, cover crops, crimson clover, mow, nitrogen, oats, peas, potassium, purple vetch, rain, seeds, soil, weeds, wild mustard
Farm Focus: Soil as a Carbon Sink
Courtesy of the fine folks at CalCAN With climate change, scientists predict that California will experience more weather extremes that will put a huge strain on our community and on agriculture. Farmers and ranchers are among the first to experience…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: carbon, carbon dioxide, Climate Change, Compost, cover crops, Drought, emissions, erratic weather, greenhouse gas, heat waves, pest pressure
Farm Focus: Sour Clover
As winter settles in on the farm and our production slows, we have a brief respite to plan for the year ahead and try out new things. This week, we’ve been looking for a creative method for managing gophers. These…
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: cover crops, CSA, Farmer Al, Farming Organically, Frog Hollow Farm, Gophers, Organic, Sour Clover, sustainability
