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Happy Holidays from All of Us at Frog Hollow Farm Dear CSA Members, December 21/2014: The shortest day of the year. One of the most beautiful here at Frog Hollow Farm. Everything has been washed clean from the recent rains. Even though the sun was shining I felt like I was living in a water world. The […]

A NOTE FROM FARMER AL Dear CSA Members, The weather dominates everything on the farm. There is neither debate nor complaining about it. The rain is good, needed, and vital. We are all thankful for it. Just before last week’s rain we were able to harvest our Tarocco blood oranges, and Meyer lemons, but since then, field operations […]

A NOTE FROM FARMER AL Mid December Bounty Dear CSA Members, The bounty of this soil, our farm, never ceases to amaze me. This week just ahead of the storm, we picked the following: • Tarocco Blood Oranges • Meyer Lemons • Navel Oranges • Kale • Several kinds of lettuces • Stinging nettle (for […]

Happy Thanksgiving! Family, friends, and good food! What could be better? Each evening this week, at dinner, I ask my two daughters what they’re thankful for and their answers are that familiar refrain…”friends”, “Mom”, “Dad”, the farm, the food, and movies! And don’t forget the “popcorn”! I’m very thankful for all of the great people we have working […]

Dear CSA Members, Just got back from a wonderful visit to the Tuscany and Umbria regions of Italy. We focused on food and farming of course. We (Becky and I plus our two daughters, Maddie age 11 and Millie age 9) stayed in a beautiful villa in the Medieval town of Cortona in Tuscany with a […]

Looking Forward to November Showers! Rain is in the forecast! Whooo-Hoooo!!! I was up in Tahoe this weekend and there is NO snow. I have gone up there for years in November and there is normally at least a couple of feet on the ground at lake level. This year, there is only a dusting […]

A NOTE FROM SARAH Al and Becky are still on vacation in Italy so I’m writing to you all again about what’s going on here on the farm. No chilling hours last week. Last year at this time we had already accumulated 23 hours. This year year-to-date we only have 9. And oie, the lack of rain! We […]

A NOTE FROM SARAH Dear CSA Members What a great weekend we had! It started with our families all getting to enjoy Halloween and ending with our first ever Olive Harvest Pot Luck for longtime friends and family. The memories and connections that were reminisced and renewed was a testimony to not just the friends we’ve made […]

A NOTE FROM FARMER AL Olives Dear CSA member We started picking our olives last Thursday, October 16th, an all-time record early harvest for us. The Leccinos, first of our four varieties to ripen were black. Leccinos comprise 25% of our trees and this variety ripens all fruit on the tree concurrently. Maurinos, which are only 5% of […]

Farming with Fungi Dear CSA Members, This week our focus has been on the many re-plants we have to do this coming winter. We’ll replant 1500-2000 trees in January, but now, in the fall, when the ground is dry, is when we prepare the soil. There is a problem with ‘re-plants”. It actually has a name in […]