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It’s the year of the two spotted mites. A mite is a species of spider. The two spot might and the European red mite can cause devastating damage to peaches and nectarines. Luckily, they ignore everything else in our orchard but this…
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Farm Focus: Mites
Posted in Blog Tagged with: dust, hot weather, infestation, irrigation, leaves, microorganisms, mites, Nectarines, peaches, phenolic, red dots, spider, stylet oil, vermicompost tea
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: Tomato Time!
It is that time of year again, we’re planting tomatoes! To me, getting our tomatoes in the ground officially means summer is around the corner. Our tomatoes were seeded in the greenhouse nearly two months ago. They started their life…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: Compost, cracking, drip lines, greenhouse, heat, irrigation, limestone, planting cells, prune, summer, tomatoes, up-potting, varieties, weed
Fruit and News of the Week: May 2nd
THIS WEEK’S FRUIT: Apache Apricots Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA The Apache is one of the newest varieties of apricots introduced to growers and was developed by the USDA Agricultural Research Service. It’s early off the tree but doesn’t sacrifice any flavor…
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Fruit and News of the Week: April 18th
THIS WEEK’S FRUIT: Hass Avocado Churchill, Ojai, 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. Valencia Oranges Sundance, Oceanside,…
