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Week of February 20th, 2012

Early Spring in the Orchard

In This Week’s Box [box_list] Navel Oranges, Fuerte & Hass Avocados, Olsen Organic Farm, Lindsay, CA Kiwis, Chiechi Farms, Gridley, CA Pink Lady Apples, Cuyama, New Cuyama, CA Grapefruit, ECO Farms, Temecula, CA [/box_list] Greetings from Frog Hollow Farm, Today

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Week of October 10th, 2011

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In This Week’s Box [box_list] Warren Pears, Frog Hollow Farm, CA Taylor’s Gold Pears , Frog Hollow Farm , CA Fuji Apples, Watsonville, CA Honey Crisp Apples, Cuyama, CA Avocados, CA [/box_list] [print_this] Greetings, It’s that time of year! Time

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Week of May 8th 2011

CSA Box with blueberries, strawberries, grapefruit, tangelos, tangerines, avocados and apples

Next week we’ll be picking the first stone fruit of 2011, a new variety of peach called “Super Z”.

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Week of May 1st 2011

CSA Box filled with blueberries, strawberries, apples, oranges, tangerines, and avocados

Back in the good ol’ days when I was young–just getting started here in Brentwood, and Frog Hollow Farm was still a dream not even yet dreamed…

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Week of April 18th 2011

CSA Box with tangerines, oranges, apples, avocados, and a jar of apricot conserve

The cherry outlook is good…but late. They’ll arrive maybe a week to even 10 days later than last year which was the usual start date of May 15.

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    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

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  • Fruit & News of the Week: April 9, 2018

    This Week’s Fruit:
    Minneloa Tangelos
    Twin Girls Farm, Dinuba, CA
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  • 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

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