Week of June 19th 2011

In This Week’s Box

CSA Box with a clamshell of Bing cherries and Gold Dust peaches.

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  • Frog Hollow Farm:
  • Bing cherries
  • Gold Dust peaches

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From Farmer Al

Dear CSA Members–Pot of Gold

The rains are finally (hopefully) behind us, so let the summer begin! Our “Gold Dust” peaches always herald the beginning of summer…it’s the first of the classic “peachy” varieties, with all the right qualities of taste, sweetness, juiciness, and soft texture! It’s an heirloom that you will not find in stores or even at farmers markets. To my knowledge, we’re the only farm still growing this delicious variety. So enjoy ’em while we’ve got them…they’re small but they pack a lot of flavor.

And now that the summer heat is here, the next big thing is to get all the orchards well-irrigated. The “ground team” does this. With seven men working, it takes about a half day to start the pumps and check each sprinkler for correct water flow over a “set” of 20-25 acres per day.

While the “ground crew” irrigates, the “tree team” picks, prunes or “thins” the trees (e.g. all the things done on ladders.)

Cherry season is just about done, but as you can see by the box, we are full-steam ahead for peaches.

Signature of Farmer Al

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Kimi Owens is Frog Hollow's Customer Care and Marketing Coordinator. She is a strong believer in local and global sustainability and is committed to improving the transparency and communication channels of Happy Child CSA. Questions or suggestions in regards to this website may be directed to her at kimi@froghollow.com or via phone at extension 201.

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