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Blog posts and other snippets relating to our CSA community.

Farm Focus: Meet Kristin de Rose

Meet Kristin DeRose Kristin joined Frog Hollow last July and has been a super addition to the farm ever since. Her primary responsibility is to work in our fledgling vegetable garden alongside Marlene. The garden winter garden is about one

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Farm Focus: A Note From Kristin

When I last wrote to you it was Autumn, and the Frog Hollow trees were preparing for winter by completing “bud set”. At this stage, all of the growth for next year was pre-determined, and stored inside tiny, tightly protected flower and leaf

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Farm Focus: Spring Blossom Walk 2015

It was a lovely spring sunday, at this year’s Blossom Walk. Thanks so much to everyone who came out to join us. It was a pleaure to share it with you. Here’s a few highlights from the day. Our friends

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Farm Focus: Spring is in the Air

Though Spring is still officially a little over two weeks away, you wouldn’t know it in the orchard. The trees are putting on their annual show of breathtaking beauty, the air and earth smell of freshness and the grass is

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Farm Focus: Composting to Save the Planet

An excerpt from Cheryl Angelina Koehler’s excellent article on Frog Hollow’s compost program in this month’s Edible East Bay – Composting to Save the Planet. To read more please see their print magazine or edibleeastbay.com  Illustation by Lila Volkas lilavolkas.com

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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…