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It’s Pruning Time! Winter on the farm is far from uneventful. Trees may be dormant, but our teams are far from it. Preparation and work during winter sets the tone for the success of our summer stone fruit. As mentioned…
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Farm Focus: Pruning Time & Spring Stroll Event
Posted in Blog Tagged with: balance, bloom, branches, buds, chain saw, comb, Compost, compost tea, cut, dormant, energy, event, fruit, Honey, honeybee hive, orchard, pollinator, pruning, spring stroll, stone fruit, sunlight, team leader, tree team, winter
Recipe: Apple and Oat Scones with Cinnamon and Nutmeg
from Martha Stewart Serves 12 Ingredients: 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling 1 1/3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats, plus more for topping 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons light-brown sugar 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated…
Fruit & News of the Week: February 20th
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: apricot flowers, bergamots, bloom, blossoms, bravocado, Brentwood, broccoli, Cabbage, Chef Becky, fava beans, flowers, Frog Hollow Farm, Fuji apples, honey-like, kale, kumquat, lettuce, linden, Lindsay, marmalade, meyer, Moro blood orange, muddy, Navel Orange, nitrogren, Olson Organics, pink lady apple, plum, popcorn, rain, san diego, Seville, smit farm, soil, tarocco, tarocco blood orange, veges, Veggies, water, weather
Farm Focus: Splitting Hives
The sun has shown it’s face a few times, the weather is warming and we can feel spring in the air. Spring is a busy time for farmers of all sorts, including beekeepers. Kelly Knapp from Miss Bee Haven stopped…
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Recipe: Toasted Brie Sandwich with Pink Lady Apples, Endives & Fennel
From Mario Hernandez Ingredients: 1 baguette, cut in half and toasted Room temperature unsalted butter to taste 8 ounces’ brie cheese, sliced to 1/4 inch slices 1 Pink Lady Apple cored and shave into thin slices 1/2 cup fennel, sliced…
