In This Week’s Box
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- Star Ruby Grapefruit, Oceanside, CA
- Golden Nugget tangerine, Oceanside, CA
- Minneola tangelo, Oceanside, CA
- Hass avocado, Oceanside, CA
- Pink Lady apples, Cuyama, CA
- Fuji apples, Cuyama, CA
- Navel oranges, Lindsay, CA
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From Farmer Al
March is the month of madness here on the farm. We’re either angry at Mother Nature for warm, wet weather, or we’re delirious with delight for dryness.
Rain and warm temperatures (in the mid-50s) can spell disaster for stone fruit crops, especially apricots. These two factors combined provide the perfect conditions for fungal spores called
brown-rot to grow on the flowers, killing them and thus destroying the crop. Last year that happened to us here at Frog Hollow Farm. We lost about 90% of our apricots, especially our best variety, the Goldensweet apricot.
Today, a similar weather weather event is occurring and I’m very worried! By this time next week, we’ll know what the extent of the damage is…stay tuned.
Organically yours,
Recipe Contest
Farmer Al wants to see your culinary talents! Send us your best recipe & photos using our CSA fruit and you could win a gift basket of Frog Hollow goodies and a credit towards your next CSA subscription–spring is right around the corner! Send us a recipe by Sunday, March 6th to
csa@froghollow.com. Feel free to send as many recipes as you’d like. Recipes and photos will be posted to our website for all members to enjoy. (Editor’s note: Your recipe and photos will be appropriately attributed. If you are using an un-modified recipe from a website or cookbook, please let us know so we can give credit as needed.)
Flyers available
Want to help grow your site? Let us know and we’ll send you flyers (or a PDF) that you can post or email to anyone who might be interested in joining. Since active members receive 10% off going from one season to the next, if you know someone who has been thinking of joining, now’s the time for them to get a 4-week trial started!
2011 Blossom Celebration
On Sunday, March 13th, we’ll be hosting our first farm event of the year. This year’s
Blossom Festival is
free and will include a talk by Marissa Ponder about UC Berkeley’s Native Bee project and a walking tour of the orchard with Farmer Al. Accessibility needs can be met for the orchard tour.
Our gates open at 11am. Pack your own lunch to eat in our orchard or buy some pastries and empanadas baked fresh from the farm kitchen. At 1pm, our speakers will teach us a bit about bees, with the walking tour to follow.
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