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Dear CSA Members, Yesterday’s rain swept over the farm rapidly, sending fieldworkers rushing out of the orchard before the roads got too muddy. We got about” of rain, which isn’t much, but at this time of year the ground dries out very slowly, so we won’t be able to get back to our pruning until Monday. But of course, we […]

Hello CSA Members! Until just a few days ago, I had totally forgotten that it was still winter. With the exception of some dense delta fog that blanketed the farm yesterday morning, the sun has been shining bright and nature seems to be alive once more. Our crops are getting tall, the bees and bugs […]

Bees and Blossoms Dear CSA members, I’m sitting under some Apache apricot trees. It’s about 1:30 pm and warm…70ish. I haven’t seen bees like this in over 30 years. Every tree has at least 50 bees in it, dancing their dance. Their buzzing sounds like a symphony of violins warming up. The Apache flowers must […]

Hello CSA Members! We are excited here at Frog Hollow Farm for Valentine’s Day because we have finally made jelly from the pomegranate juice we painstakingly juiced last year. Anyone who has a pomegranate tree or any large quantity knows how painful it is to extract the juice from pomegranates. We have tried countless ways, cutting them in half and using a […]

Dear CSA Members, This year is my first year farming. At least that’s how it feels. I have experience working on farms and working on farm enterprises, but this is my first season growing vegetables and row crops in the field while being solely responsible for them. As a relatively inexperienced farmer, this winter season has been an […]

Dear CSA Members, Despite the calendar telling me it’s mid-Winter, this week has felt like one of transition. The days are getting longer and it is hard not to notice. It has been much warmer than the past few weeks and even though we’re getting rain just about every other day now, I can’t help […]

Dear CSA Members, If you ask a seedsman about a particular plant variety, there could be a long tale of that seed traveling from this part of the world to another or being passed down from one generation to the next, its story spanning years or maybe even centuries. However, a seed’s past may also be quite mysterious. […]

Dear CSA Members, I hope you all are having a wonderful holiday season! It has been very cold this week on the farm. The temperature dropped down to 30 degrees this morning. When we get a chill like this, something interesting happens in the garden: I like to say that the plants ‘go to sleep’. The leaves of […]

Dear CSA Members, It is a few days before Christmas, clouds blanket the sky here and the farm is wet. A weather forecast is a powerful thing for a farmer. Despite all our modern technological advances, farmers must still surrender to the forces of nature. On a farm with over 50 employees, all with varying […]

Dear CSA Members, The big news this week is the rain. It’s really good for our trees, soil, and winter veggies. We’ve gotten maybe a 1/4 inch total rainfall these last two days, but more importantly, California is getting snow in the Sierras. In the big picture, this is very important for Frog Hollow Farm for the 2016 […]