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Fruit & News of the Week: February 20th

Posted on February 20, 2017 by Lael Gerhart

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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Checking on the fruit

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Kimi Owens

A photo of few medium sized Super Z peaches on the tree.

Sarah, Jeff, Karen, Karina and I just went for a walk through the orchards to check out the new variety of peaches that are beating our cherries off the tree.

Posted in Articles, Newsletter Tagged with: apricots, cherries, farm news, flowers, habitat, native plants, on the farm, orchard, peaches, state of the farm, super z peach

Recipe: Pork Chops with Apples and Onions
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
Spring is synonymous with blooming flowers and where there are blooming flowers there are bees! And while most people think of European honey bees, we w…
Fruit & News of the Week: April 9, 2018
This Week’s Fruit:
Minneloa Tangelos
Twin Girls Farm, Dinuba, CA
The Tangelo is a cross between a mandarin and grapefruit. Its skin is easy to peel and its f…
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
Jim of Churchill-Brenneis Orchard, never imagined himself becoming a farmer, though he grew up walking through friends orchards on weekend trips from LA. His pa…