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Farm Focus: Meet Mario We are so excited to welcome Mario Hernandez as our new Culinary Coordinator! Mario will be working on recipe development for the farm as well as streamlining our Farm to Table Cafe at the S.F. Ferry…
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Blog posts and other snippets relating to our CSA community.
Farm Focus: Compost at Frog Hollow Farm
This week we wanted to share a little bit about Christophe, our resident microbiologist and worm wrangler. Christophe and his wife Monique started off as customers but now lend their scientific backgrounds to help manage our thermofilic (compost made with…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: biodiversity, black gold, california organic farm, carbon sequestration, Compost, composting, Frog Hollow Farm, microbiology, microbiome, Organic Farming, regnerative farming, Soil Fertility, sustainable farming, sutainability, thermofillic compost, tree care, tree compost
Farm Focus: Why We Prune
While you might think winter is a slow time on the farm – you’d be surprised. Winter is full of projects we don’t have time to do during the busy fruiting season. One of the biggest tasks during the fall…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: bay area farm, california farming, fruit tree care, orchard ladders, orchard life, Organic Farming, pruning, why prune, winter
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…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: bay area farm, california organic farm, cover crop, cover crops, farming, organic orchard, stewardship, sustainabilty
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…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: bay area farming, california farming, california stone fruit, Drought, Frog Hollow Farm, orchard life, rain, regnererative farming, Soil Fertility, stone fruit farming
