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We recently had a fantastic group of Girl Scouts visit Frog Hollow and their transformation in attitude during their visit was fabulous. The group arrived at 3:45 pm, and the air was heavy with 100-degree heat. They piled out of the car…
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Farm Focus: Trying New Things
Posted in Blog Tagged with: ants, apricots, attitude, bird, blossoms, girl scouts, heat, orchard, porta-potty, transformation, try new things
Fruit and News of the Week: February 29th
THIS WEEK’S FRUIT Hass Avocado Del Ray Farm, Riverside, 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. Fuerte Avocado…
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: apache apricots, blossoms, brown rot fungus, compost tea, Goldensweet blossoms, Microbes, Nectarines, peaches, pineapple express, soil ecology
Fruit and News of the Week: February 15th
THIS WEEK’S FRUIT Hayward Kiwi Chiechi Farm, Live Oak, CA Originally known as the Chinese gooseberry due to its Chinese origins. Hawyward Wright, a New Zealand nurseryman propagated his plants by grafting, and they eventually became the preferred cultivar of…
Farm Focus: Blossom Walk 2013
Posted in Blog, Newsletter Tagged with: Arial Netting, Blossom Walk, blossoms, events, Honey, Honeybees, native bees, spring
Fruit and News: Week of February 25th 2013
This Week’s Fruit Hass Avocados Stehly Farms Organics, Valley Center, 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. You…
