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Fruit of the Week: August Fire Nectarines Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA Elegantly shaped and rich in flavor, with deep red skin and warm orange flesh. Flavor King Pluots Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA A dark-skinned pluot with red flesh,…
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Fruit & News of the Week: September 4th 2017
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: Bay Area, bay area farm, california farming, california fruit, california heat wave, csa newsletter, farming, heat, heat illness, heat stroke, heatwave, Organic Farming, stone fruit
Farm Focus: Trying New Things
We recently had a fantastic group of Girl Scouts visit Frog Hollow and their transformation in attitude during their visit was fabulous. The group arrived at 3:45 pm, and the air was heavy with 100-degree heat. They piled out of the car…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: ants, apricots, attitude, bird, blossoms, girl scouts, heat, orchard, porta-potty, transformation, try new things
Fruit & News of the Week: June 27th
THIS WEEK’S FRUIT: Suncrest Peaches Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA A Slow Food Ark heritage variety, the Suncrest has all the old-fashioned taste of days gone by. Its a truly memorable peach whose firm but juicy flesh provides a real…
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: dapple dandys, drop, ground team, heat, heat stress, heatwave, irrigate, micro-sprinkler, pick, pumps, summer flare nectarines, water, whack
Fruit & News of the Week: June 6th
THIS WEEK’S FRUIT: Stella Cherries Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA Stella cherries are dark, almost to the point of being black, and slightly smaller than other dark cherry varieties. The Stella is the final cherry of a brief season. Enjoy!…
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: Apricot, balancing game, blenheim apricots, conserve, fruit drop, golden sweets, harvest, heat, irrigating, ripening
Farm Focus: Tomato Time!
It is that time of year again, we’re planting tomatoes! To me, getting our tomatoes in the ground officially means summer is around the corner. Our tomatoes were seeded in the greenhouse nearly two months ago. They started their life…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: Compost, cracking, drip lines, greenhouse, heat, irrigation, limestone, planting cells, prune, summer, tomatoes, up-potting, varieties, weed
