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This Week’s Fruit: Fuyu Persimmons Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA Pink Lady’s are a cross between the Golden Delicious and Lady Williams. They are a crisp and juicy apple with a tart finish. Pink skins and a creamy white colored…
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Fruit & News of the Week: November 20, 2017
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: Apples, bay area farm bay area fruit, Brentwood, ca, california fruit farmer, fall fruit, heirloom apples, Organic Farming, persimmons, pink lady apples, Pomegranate, sustainable farming
Fruit & News of the Week: November 13, 2017
This Week’s Fruit: Shinko Asian Pear Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA The Shinko has a round shape which is slightly flattened. The skin is bronze with brown russeting and its juicy, creamy white flesh has a subtly rich flavor. One of…
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: Apples, Asian Pears, bay area farm, bay area farm delivery, california olive oil, Compost, evoo, grown in california, oilive harvest 2017, olio nuovo, Olive, Olive Oil, Organic Farming, Organic fruit, pears, persimmons, Pomegranate, sustainable farming
Farm Focus – Watching the Olives
I often say, farming is all about observing. Not just farming, but growing any type of plant, requires paying attention to how plants respond to our care and their environment. When people say, – “I just don’t have a green…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: california farmers, california organic olive oil, farming, Olive Oil, Olives, Organic Farming, regenerative farming, sustainable farming, tuscan olive oil
Fruit & News of the Week: October 9th, 2017
Fruit of the Week: 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. Red Flame…
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: Asian, bay area farm, california farms, orchard management, Organic Farming, organic orchard management, pears, Pomegranate, regenerative farming, sustainable farming
Farm Focus: Fall Pruning
The fury of the harvest season is over but things have not slowed down with field work in the orchard. Fall is the time when we start preparing the trees for the next two year’s growth and harvest. For the…
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