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This week’s fruit: Warren European Pear Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA This is Frog Hollow Farm’s signature pear and for good reason. Too difficult to grow for most farmers to consider it’s never caught on commercially but Farmer Al…
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Fruit & News of the Week: January 8th 2018
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: Apples, bay area farm, california farm, california grown, Clementines, farm life, Kiwi, kumquats, Organic Farming, organic kitchen, Warren Pears, winter projects
Recipe: Kumquats in Honey and Kumquat Tea
Kumquats are used in Chinese Medicine to help sore throats and coughs. Here are two easy ways to prepare the perfect Vitamin C booster for cold season! Kumquat Tea INGREDIENTS: 2-3 Kumquats sliced or 2 tablespoons of Kumquats in…
Posted in Recipes Tagged with: bay area farm, california citrus, california farming, chinese medicine, citrus recipe, easy kumquat recipe, kumquat, kumquat recipe, kumquats, organic farm
Fruit & News of the Week: January 23rd
THIS WEEK’S FRUIT: Tarocco Blood Oranges Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA A beautiful orange to deep red flesh is revealed when you slice open a Tarocco. The flesh of the blood orange is firmer and more dense than an orange…
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: aeration, apricots, bee habitat, Brentwood, brown rot, Chiechi Farm, Clementine Mandarins, Compost, cover crop seed, cuyama farm, Drought, erosion, Frog Hollow Farm, fuji apple, germination, Hayward Kiwi, homegrown organic farm, irrigate, kumquats, Live Oak, moisture, Navel Orange, organic matter, oyster-shell lime, pink lady apple, planting, porterville, pruning, rain, root penetration, root zone, soil, tarocco blood oranges, Twin Girls Farm, water cost, water holding capacity, Yettem
Farm Focus: Frog Hollow Citrus Update
More citrus at Frog Hollow is in the works! We hope you are all enjoying the arrival of our blood orange crop! As much as we love and appreciate the delicious fruits our partner growers provide during the fall and…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: acres, Blood Orange, Citrus, Clementines, gold nugget mandarins, kumquats, Mandarins, meyer lemons, ovary satsumas, page tangerines, partner growers, pixie tangerines, varieties
