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I often say, farming is all about observing. Not just farming, but growing any type of plant, requires paying attention to how plants respond to our care and their environment. When people say, – “I just don’t have a green…
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Blog posts and other snippets relating to our CSA community.
Farm Focus – Watching the Olives
Posted in Blog Tagged with: california farmers, california organic olive oil, farming, Olive Oil, Olives, Organic Farming, regenerative farming, sustainable farming, tuscan olive oil
Farm Focus: Luther Burbank
I recently paid a visit to the Luther Burbank Home & Garden in Santa Rosa and thought I would share a little bit about the botanist who helped put northern California agriculture on the world map. Burbank was born in…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: Agriculture, bay area farmers, california agriculture, farming, luther bunbank home andgarden, Luther Burbank, northern california, Plums, santa rosa, santa rosa history, stone fruit
Farm Focus: Winterizing Honey Bees
Kelly Knapp of Miss Bee Haven, who tends several hives at Frog Hollow, is busy this time of year! She is preparing the bees to weather the winter ahead. She begins by checking the health of each hive. She opens…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: bay area honey, bee keeper, bee keepers, bee keeping, beekeeping, honey bees, Miss Bee Haven, Organic Farming, pollinators, wintering honeybees
Farm Focus: Fall Pruning
The fury of the harvest season is over but things have not slowed down with field work in the orchard. Fall is the time when we start preparing the trees for the next two year’s growth and harvest. For the…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: bay area farm, bay area farming, california farm, fall, fall on the farm, farm, orchard, orchard care, pruning, regenerative farming, soil, sustainable farming
Farm Focus: Olive Monitoring
The olives are plumping up and we are busy in the orchard doing our annual inspection of the trees for the dreaded Bactrocera oleae, commonly known as the olive fruit fly. The olive fruit fly is the most economically significant…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: Bactrocera oleae, Bay Area CSA, bay area farm share, bay area organic farm, bay area organic food delivery, cailfornia organic farm, california olive oil, california organic farm, integrated pest managemant, IPM, Olive, olive fruit fly, Olive Oil, organic california olive oil, Organic Farming, organic farming practices, organic olives
