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Recipe: Candied Apples

This recipe has been adapted from Martha Stewart. See original recipe here. Wishing you a spooky and delicious Halloween! Ingredients Butter 2 cups sugar 3/4 cup water 1/2 cup light corn syrup 1/2 teaspoon red food coloring (optional) 6 medium

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Farm Focus: Breaking Ground

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Historically, Brentwood was the site of vast vegetable and grain production, from asparagus and lettuce, to wheat and barley. More recently, these staple crops have transformed to corn, tomatoes and orchard production. This year at Frog Hollow, we will attempt to un-earth the

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Recipe: Massaged Kale Salad with Matchstick Apples, Pomegranate, & Toasted Hazelnuts

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Thanks to Chef Anna for preparing this delicious salad at yesterdays’ Fall Harvest Festival. Here’s the recipe for those who missed it!  INGREDIENTS: 1 bunch of cavolo nero kale 1 apple, cut into matchstick pieces 1/2 pomegranate de-seeded ½ cup

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Farm Focus: Veggies at Frog Hollow Farm

In the middle of our 143-acre organic fruit orchard, located in the heart of Brentwood’s agricultural community, lies a small, one-acre parcel of land that we have leased from a neighbor to cultivate seasonal vegetables. Rows of deciduous fruit trees,

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Fruit and News of the Week: July 14th

THIS WEEK’S FRUIT Zee Lady Peaches 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 a real beauty, with a

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Recent Posts

  • 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…