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THIS WEEK’S FRUIT: Summer Lady Peaches Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA The Summer Lady is a variety that developed naturally in a commercial orchard in Fresno and was discovered in 1982. An early-ripening variant of the O’Henry, it is similarly…
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Fruit & News of the Week: July 25th
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Farm Focus: Mites
It’s the year of the two spotted mites. A mite is a species of spider. The two spot might and the European red mite can cause devastating damage to peaches and nectarines. Luckily, they ignore everything else in our orchard but this…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: dust, hot weather, infestation, irrigation, leaves, microorganisms, mites, Nectarines, peaches, phenolic, red dots, spider, stylet oil, vermicompost tea
Recipe: Green Bean and Peach Salad
from Saveur Ingredients: 1⁄2 cup olive oil 1 medium yellow onion, thinly sliced 1 lb. firm-ripe yellow peaches, sliced 1 tbsp. finely chopped oregano 2 tbsp. white balsamic vinegar Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste 2 lb.…
Fruit & News of the Week: July 18th
THIS WEEK’S FRUIT: Zee Lady Peaches Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA Renowned horticulturist Floyd Zaiger is responsible for many of our favorite varieties, and the Zee Lady is another Zaiger gem. The Zee Lady is a good sized peach that’s…
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: Compost, Drought, fertilizer, fish hydrolosate, harvest, irrigation, oyster-shell lime, peaches, pruning, rains, sweetest, thinning, weather, why
Farm Focus: From Blossoms
BY LI-YOUNG LEE From blossoms comes this brown paper bag of peaches we bought from the boy at the bend in the road where we turned toward signs painted Peaches. From laden boughs, from hands, from sweet fellowship in the…
