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THIS WEEK’S FRUIT: Summerset Peach Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA The Summerset matures into a very large peach, some weighing in at more than two pounds! Bright yellow with hardly no blush to speak of, the Summerset is a freestone that…
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Fruit & News of the Week: August 22nd
Posted in Newsletter, Uncategorized Tagged with: Apples, August Red, beneficial insects, coddling moth, Emerald Beaut, emerald beauts, Flavor Heart, Flavor King, Grapes, harvesting, japanese black trifele, ketchup, lucid gem, nectarine, olio-nuevo, Olives, peach, plum, Pluot, red brandywine, red seedless, Shinko Pears, summerset, tomatoes, varieties, watermelon beefsteak
Recipe: Green Chile Peach Tostadas
Serves 4 Ingredients 8 corn tortillas Olive oil cooking spray 1 (14-ounce) can refried black beans 4 ripe peaches, pitted and sliced 1 cup halved cherry or grape tomatoes 1/4 cup pepitas, toasted 1/2 cup cotija cheese, optional Lime slices,…
Fruit & News of the Week: August 15th
THIS WEEK’S FRUIT: Cal Red Peach Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA The beloved Cal Red is in a class by itself and is the “Oh my God” peach! A relatively new variety and a California native, the Cal Red was bred…
Posted in Newsletter, Uncategorized Tagged with: 3000 pounds, Apples, Asian Pears, August Red, autumn flame, basil, Cal Red, cold storage, conserve, crimson royale, cucumbers, dried fruit, eggplant, emerald beauts, Flavor Heart, Flavor King, freezing, garden, Grapes, gravensteins, harvest, heirlooms, hosui, ketchup, kitchen, nectarine, orchard, pallets, peach, Peppers, pesto, pink pearls, Pluot, pomegranate jelly, roasted, sandwich, sauce, shinko, shinseki, soup, squash, summerset, tomato conserva, tomatoes, varieties, zucchini
Farm Focus: Using Drone Technology to Map Bees
Dr. Frankie from UC Berkeley was out on the farm last week checking in on our Native Bee project. He and his team are busy measuring native bee populations on our farm and other farms throughout the state. In order…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: creeks, data, Dr. Frankie, drones, landscape, map, native bee project, native bees, native plants, soil, tall grasses, UC Berkeley, urban areas, water, weeds
Recipe: Chicken with Plum Chutney
from Martha Stewart Ingredients: 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves Coarse salt and ground pepper 2 tablespoons olive oil 1/2 medium red onion, chopped 1/2 jalapeno chile, (ribs and seeds removed for less heat, if desired), chopped 4 red plums,…
