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Love Letters In wintertime trees secretly write green love letters every night — tiny messages curled up tight. Trees write these letters when our world turns cold when hope seems lost when they long to hold memories of autumn glittering…
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Fruit & News of the Week: October 3rd
THIS WEEK’S FRUIT: Flavor Rich Pluots Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA A small pluot about the size of golf ball with deep purple skin and a golden flesh that has an excellent balance of acidity and sweetness. Shinko Asian Pears…
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Farm Focus: Mites
It’s the year of the two spotted mites. A mite is a species of spider. The two spot might and the European red mite can cause devastating damage to peaches and nectarines. Luckily, they ignore everything else in our orchard but this…
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Farm Focus: Thinning Season is Here!
Imagine yourself at Frog Hollow Farm leisurely strolling through the orchard that is now full of growth and new life. Off in the distance, you hear what sounds like a machine gun going off, but as you approach the noise a…
