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Fruit and News of the Week: June 22nd

THIS WEEK’S FRUIT Golden Sweet Apricots Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA Following up two of our largest varieties is the Golden Sweet, a smaller apricot that makes up for whatever it lacks in size with its rich flavor. Though we

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Farm Focus: Garlic!

This week at the farm, we began garlic harvest.  This was Frog Hollow’s first go at growing garlic, and it is looking like a success.  We tried several different varieties of garlic, both hard neck and soft neck.  Soft neck

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Recipe: Grilled Skirt Steak and Peaches

From Food and Wine Ingredients: 2 garlic cloves 1 small bay leaf 1 small shallot 1 jalapeño, halved and seeded Finely grated zest and juice of 1 lemon 2 tablespoons soy sauce 1/2 teaspoon chopped thyme 1/2 cup plus 1

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Fruit and News of the Week: June 15th

THIS WEEK’S FRUIT Goldensweet Apricots Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA Following up two of our largest varieties is the Golden Sweet, a smaller apricot that makes up for whatever it lacks in size with its rich flavor. Though we may bake pastries

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Farm Focus: 4th Annual Summer Pick and Jam

  Yet another delightful day in the orchard at our 4th Summer Pick and Jam event. Thanks so much for all who came out. It was our biggest event yet!   Enjoying fresh picked peaches in the orchard Delicious!  

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    via Martha Stewart

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

    This Week’s Fruit:
    Minneloa Tangelos
    Twin Girls Farm, Dinuba, CA
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  • 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…

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