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Farm Focus: Tomato Season!

Late summer means tomatoes and we’re excited to celebrate the season at Frog Hollow Farm so we thought we’d give you a peak into how and why we grow tomatoes! Did you know that tomatoes are native to the Americas

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Recipe: Perfect Grilled Peaches

Grilled peaches make for a delicious side dish, easy dessert or a great sweet and spicy fresh salsa! From the NY Times. Ingredients: 4 to 6 peaches Olive oil Method: STEP 1 Heat a gas grill to medium. If you

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Fruit & News of the Week: July 24th 2017

This week’s fruit: Elegant Lady Peaches Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA Elegant Lady peaches are well named with a beauti- ful balance of sweet and acid along with a brilliant red color. These firm, round, freestone peaches are perfect grilled

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Recipe: Arugula Salad with Lemon Chicken & Nectarines

Arugula Salad with Lemon Chicken & Nectarines Ingredients: 2 chicken breasts 10 cups baby arugula 1/4 cup fresh basil, sliced into ribbons 3-4 nectarines sliced Juice of 1 – 1.5 lemon(s) to taste Extra Virgin Olive oil to taste salt

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Recipe: Crumb Topping for Pies & Crisps

Crumb Topping This topping can be used all summer for fruit crisps and pies. It works very well with gluten free flours, too! from Martha Stewart Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (or your favorite gluten free flour mixture) 3/4

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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…