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THIS WEEK’S FRUIT: Navel Oranges Twin Girls Farm, Yettem, CA California Navel Oranges are considered to be the best Navels for eating out of hand. They have a thick skin that is easy to peel, are seedless and have a…
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Fruit & News of the Week: January 2nd
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: blossoms, bud-break, Chiechi Farm, chill, Clementine Mandarins, cold, CSA, cuyama farm, Drought, Fuji apples, Hamilton Growers, Hayward Kiwis, homegrown organic farm, irrigation, Navel, orange, pink lady apples, Pomegranate, Sierra Nevada Range, snow, Twin Girls Farm, water, white
Fruit & News of the Week: December 12th
THIS WEEK’S FRUIT: Fuyu Persimmons Chiechi Farm, Live Oak, CA The Fuyu has a crisp texture with a rich honey sweet flavor. They have a beautiful orange to red hue when ripe, often with tiny brown speckles on the skin.…
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: Abounding Harvest, berms, biological life, broccoli, calcium, cauliflower, Chiechi Farm, compaction, Compost, cuyama farm, disc, drip irrigation, Drought, fungal, fuyu, garlic, germinated, greenhouse, Hamilton Growers, hand weeded, Hayward Kiwis, hoes, kale, lettuce, micronutrients, no till, olsen organics, onions, Owari Satsuma Mandarins, oyster shell flour, Peppers, permanent beds, persimmons, pest pressures, pomegranates, potassium, rain, rakes, ridger, soil structure, sulphur, sulphur potash, tomatoes, underground ecosystems, vegetable growing, winter vegetables
Fruit & News of the Week: July 18th
THIS WEEK’S FRUIT: Zee Lady Peaches Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA Renowned horticulturist Floyd Zaiger is responsible for many of our favorite varieties, and the Zee Lady is another Zaiger gem. The Zee Lady is a good sized peach that’s…
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: Compost, Drought, fertilizer, fish hydrolosate, harvest, irrigation, oyster-shell lime, peaches, pruning, rains, sweetest, thinning, weather, why
Farm Focus: Soil as a Carbon Sink
Courtesy of the fine folks at CalCAN With climate change, scientists predict that California will experience more weather extremes that will put a huge strain on our community and on agriculture. Farmers and ranchers are among the first to experience…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: carbon, carbon dioxide, Climate Change, Compost, cover crops, Drought, emissions, erratic weather, greenhouse gas, heat waves, pest pressure
Fruit and News of the Week: March 24th
THIS WEEK’S FRUIT Navel Oranges California Oranges, Springville, CA California Navel Oranges are considered to be the best Navels for eating out of hand. They have a thick skin that is easy to peel, are seedless, and have a meaty…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: Avocado, Climate Change, Drought, Farmer Al, Frog Hollow Farm, Hayward Kiwi, oranges
