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It’s the year of the two spotted mites. A mite is a species of spider. The two spot might and the European red mite can cause devastating damage to peaches and nectarines. Luckily, they ignore everything else in our orchard but this…
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Farm Focus: Mites
Posted in Blog Tagged with: dust, hot weather, infestation, irrigation, leaves, microorganisms, mites, Nectarines, peaches, phenolic, red dots, spider, stylet oil, vermicompost tea
Farm Focus: From Blossoms
BY LI-YOUNG LEE From blossoms comes this brown paper bag of peaches we bought from the boy at the bend in the road where we turned toward signs painted Peaches. From laden boughs, from hands, from sweet fellowship in the…
Farm Focus: Souper Seconds
In the U.S., a whopping 40% of our food goes to waste. At Frog Hollow, we strive to reduce our own food waste through our homemade compost, our farm kitchen, and our dried fruit production. Recently, however, a new and…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: Compost, dried fruit, farm kitchen, food industry, food waste, Inna Jam, local food, Souper Seconds
Farm Focus: Trying New Things
We recently had a fantastic group of Girl Scouts visit Frog Hollow and their transformation in attitude during their visit was fabulous. The group arrived at 3:45 pm, and the air was heavy with 100-degree heat. They piled out of the car…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: ants, apricots, attitude, bird, blossoms, girl scouts, heat, orchard, porta-potty, transformation, try new things
