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We were gifted with 10 days of warm, breezy weather that dried the ground sufficiently to plant all 20 acres of new peach trees. With all hands on deck, we completed the job in 4 days. That amounts to 1,000 trees planted per day! The key to this last week’s success was absolutely perfect weather […]

After almost three years with our CSA, Molly, our amazing Outreach Coordinator is heading on to new adventures. We are very sorry to see her go but are happy to support her transition into other endeavors. Aside from having awesome communication and people skills, Molly is a talented musician. She sings, writes songs and plays […]

The big news here at the farm is El Nino. It is not new news that it is raining, but this rain has big repercussions for our work at the farm. We’ll start by saying that we are obviously thrilled to have our ground re-saturated by mother nature, but we have necessary work to be […]

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, and then we also have a 10 acre parcel of peach trees, around Farmer Al and […]

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 peel are truly divine. Most marmalade is made using what’s called the whole fruit method. […]

At Frog Hollow Farm, we are increasing our role in environmental education. Frog Hollow Farm will now be offering personalized farm tours, field trips for students, and interactive workshops for people of all ages. For the last year, we have been in discussion about how to make this possible. We all agreed that the farm […]

Concurrent to developing our vermicompost program to increase our production volume, we’ve conducted field trials to test its efficacy. Last winter we planted 400 of new dapple dandy and flavor king pluot trees behind our packing shed. All the trees were treated with our thermophilic compost and other organic nutrients to ensure healthy growth and development. Ninety trees […]

Happy New Year! from Frog Hollow Farm

As you may have learned, compost is a big deal at the farm. It is the foundation of our soil fertility program; helps with water retention; and is part of our pest management strategy. By the close of 2015 we will have produced between 3,000-4,000 tons of our thermophilic compost. We apply our thermophilic compost with […]

A New Expanded Crop Report for Contra Costa County Each year the Contra Costa Agricultural Commissioner publishes the Annual Crop Report. The Crop Report tells the public about the farming and ranching in the County the prior year. This year, Contra Costa Agricultural Commissioner, Chad Godoy, approached the 2014 Crop Report with an expanded vision. Chad decided that he wanted to tell the bigger story of food production […]