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Farm Focus: Big Plans for 2016

As we head into our growing season of 2016, we have some big plans for the new year here at Frog Hollow farm! Currently, the farm exists on two segments of land. We have 130 acres of orchard in our main parcel,

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Apple Breakfast Bread

from allrecipes.com Ingredients 1/2 cup butter 1 cup sugar 2 eggs 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves 2 apples – peeled, cored and chopped Method Preheat the

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Fruit and News of the Week: January 25th

THIS WEEK’S FRUIT  Hayward Kiwi Chiechi Farm, Live Oak, CA Originally known as the Chinese gooseberry due to its Chinese origins. Hawyward Wright, a New Zealand nurseryman propagated his plants by grafting, and they eventually became the preferred cultivar of growers due

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Farm Focus: Marmalade

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This week there is much to do in the kitchen. With citrus season fully underway, it’s marmalade time. Chef Becky started making marmalade for Frog Hollow ten years ago. It’s her favorite fruit preserve. The combination of bitter and sweet along with the tangy chewiness of the

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Recipe: Carpaccio of Pink Lady Apples, Asian Pears and Fennel

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Ingredients 1 Pink Lady apple, shaved thin using a Benriner or mandolin slicer 1 Fennel, shaved thin using a Benriner or mandolin slicer 1 Asian pear, shaved thin using a Benriner or mandolin slicer Toasted and seasoned pine nuts to

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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…