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THIS WEEK’S FRUIT: Tarocco Blood Oranges Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA A beautiful orange to deep red flesh is revealed when you slice open a Tarocco. The flesh of the blood orange is firmer and more dense than an orange…
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Fruit & News of the Week: January 23rd
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Farm Focus: 800 Feet of Hedgerow Planted!
Okay folks, this will be our last post about conservation projects on the farm…we’re just so excited about these efforts! Our last conservation project this year was to plant a hedgerow of trees and shrubs, in conjunction with our partnership…
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Farm Focus: A Note from Farmer Kristin
Here are Frog Hollow, we are very happy to be working with NRCS for a 4th year in a row, planting trees, shrubs and 50 total acres of conservation cover crop. NRCS stand for the National Resource Conservation Service, a…
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