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At Frog Hollow Farm, we pride ourselves in our delicious, tree ripened fruit. Farmer Al is very passionate about bringing the tastiest, juiciest, and sweetest fruit to his customers. Because of this, he allows our fruit to ripen on the…
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Blog posts and other snippets relating to our CSA community.
Farm Focus: Harvesting
Posted in Blog Tagged with: Brix Scale, Brix's Test, color test, fruit maturity, harvest records, harvesting, juicy, pressure test, sugar content, taste test, tree ripened, weather
Farm Focus: Join Us for Our Annual Pick N’ Jam!
Posted in Blog Tagged with: crafts, CSA Pick & Jam, farm tour, farmers market, music, peaches, picnic, scavenger hunt, u-pick
Farm Focus: Soil as a Carbon Sink
Courtesy of the fine folks at CalCAN With climate change, scientists predict that California will experience more weather extremes that will put a huge strain on our community and on agriculture. Farmers and ranchers are among the first to experience…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: carbon, carbon dioxide, Climate Change, Compost, cover crops, Drought, emissions, erratic weather, greenhouse gas, heat waves, pest pressure
Farm Focus: Tomato Challenges
Last Monday morning, I went strolling out to the vegetable field ready to get started with some weeding. About two weeks before, we had transplanted 15 rows of tomato seedlings into the field. I examined the tomato plants; small,…
Farm Focus: Craig Ledbetter – Apricot Breeder
A few weeks ago we gave thanks to our friend, Craig Ledbetter, the Research Geneticist who is responsible for our yummy Apache Apricots. The truth is, however, we have much more to thank him and people like him for. Five…
Posted in Blog, Newsletter Tagged with: apache apricots, Craig Ledbetter, plant breeding, season extension
