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Fruit and News of the Week: May 9th

THIS WEEK’S FRUIT:  Apache Apricots or Kettleman Apricots Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA The Apache is one of the newest varieties of apricots introduced to growers and was developed by the USDA Agricultural Research Service. It’s early off the tree but doesn’t

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Farm Focus: The Apricot – Past and Present

May at Frog Hollow Farm marks the beginning of a remarkable, busy, beautiful, and abundant time of year. As many of you know, or tasted last week for the first time of the year, apricots are here! As we venture

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Fruit and News of the Week: March 14th

THIS WEEK’S FRUIT  Hass Avocado Eco Farm, Temecula, CA Creamy in texture, nutty in flavor, with a small to medium seed. The Hass skin is easy to peel and darkens from green to purplish-black as it ripens. Fuji Apple Cuyama,

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Farm Focus: An Ode to Apricots – “Moons of the Faithful”

Mago with Apricots

This week marks a special time for Frog Hollow Farm CSA. Today, we welcome our first apricots of the season in our CSA boxes – Kettleman Apricots! It’s a beautiful time, the beginning of the stone fruit season – the

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Recipe: Grilled Apricots

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This week’s recipe comes to us from our friend, Lauren Hollander of HonestFoodieBlog. For more recipes you can pick up her new e-book, Shut Up and Eat: A Foodie’s Guide to Growing, Cooking and Eating Food, on amazon.  Ingredients 4

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