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Farm Focus: Cover Crops

This winter we are continuing our work with Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) which has provided funding for us to purchase seed to plant cover crops in one of our orchards. Frog Hollow has long been a proponent of keeping

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Fruit & News of the Week: January 22, 2018

This Week’s Fruit: Taracco 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

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Recipe: Fennel Crusted Roasted Pork Loin with Pears and Potatoes

Recipe via Real Simple Ingredients: 1 TBS fennel seeds 2 cloves minced garlic 4 TBS olive oil Kosher or Maldon salt and black pepper 2 pounds boneless pork loin 2 red onions, quartered 1 pound small white poatoes, quartered 3

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Farm Focus: Rain!

After the driest December on record in the history of California, we are jubilant that we’ve finally received some rain. Last week, we measured 3.5 inches of rain at the farm, and we needed it. Though the majority of our

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Fruit & News of the Week: January 15th 2017

This Week’s Fruit Warren European Pear Frog Hollow Farm Brentwood, CA This is Frog Hollow Farm’s signature pear and for good reason. With a classic European texture, very soft and juicy with a silky sweetness that avoids the typical grittiness

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Recent Posts

  • Recipe: Pork Chops with Apples and Onions

    Pork Chops with Apples and Onions
    via Martha Stewart

     
    Ingredients:
    6 bone-in pork chops (loin or shoulder), cut 3/4 inch thick
    Coarse salt and fres…

  • Farm Focus: The Buzz with Bees

    Spring is synonymous with blooming flowers and where there are blooming flowers there are bees! And while most people think  of European honey bees, we  w…

  • Fruit & News of the Week: April 9, 2018

    This Week’s Fruit:
    Minneloa Tangelos
    Twin Girls Farm, Dinuba, CA
    The Tangelo is a cross between a mandarin and grapefruit. Its skin is easy to peel and its f…

  • Recipe: DIY Orange Soda

    Via Food52

    Ingredients:

    4 oranges
    1 lime
    1 cup granulated sugar
    Lemon lime seltzer water

    Method:

    Zest the oranges and the lime and add all o…

  • Farm Focus: Jim Churchill of Churchill-Brenneis Orchard

    Jim of Churchill-Brenneis Orchard, never imagined himself becoming a farmer, though he grew up walking through friends orchards on weekend trips from LA. His pa…