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THIS WEEK’S FRUIT Hass Avocado Del Ray Farm, Riverside, CA Creamy in texture, nutty in flavor, with a small to medium seed. The Hass skin is easy to peel and darkens from green to purplish-black as it ripens. Fuerte Avocado…
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Fruit and News of the Week: February 29th
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: apache apricots, blossoms, brown rot fungus, compost tea, Goldensweet blossoms, Microbes, Nectarines, peaches, pineapple express, soil ecology
Farm Focus: BALT Blast
Farmland Protection and Climate Change California farmers grow over 40% of the nation’s fruits and vegetables and more then 95% of the nation’s artichokes, almonds, apricots, kiwis and walnuts. However, while California is the nation’s breadbasket, we have not protected…
Posted in Blog, Uncategorized Tagged with: BALT, breadbasket, climate, farmland conservation, mitigation, Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation Program, UC Davis
Recipe: Orange and Honey Glazed Pork Chops
from Martha Stewart Ingredients 2 oranges (1 zested and juiced, 1 cut into 8 wedges) 1/4 cup white-wine vinegar 3/4 cup honey, preferably orange blossom Salt and pepper 4 bone-in pork chops (about 8 ounces each, 1 inch thick) 5…
Fruit and News of the Week: February 22nd
THIS WEEK’S FRUIT Hass Avocado Del Ray Farm, Riverside, CA Creamy in texture, nutty in flavor, with a small to medium seed. The Hass skin is easy to peel and darkens from green to purplish-black as it ripens. Fuerte Avocado…
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: broccoli, cauliflower, greenhouse, greens, hoop house, onion, peach trees, quiche
Farm Focus: Last Week was a Great Week for Frog Hollow!
We were gifted with 10 days of warm, breezy weather that dried the ground sufficiently to plant all 20 acres of new peach trees. With all hands on deck, we completed the job in 4 days. That amounts to 1,000…
Posted in Blog, Uncategorized Tagged with: backfilling, Compost, hardpan, planting, soil tests, tree protector, vermi-compost
