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The olives are plumping up and we are busy in the orchard doing our annual inspection of the trees for the dreaded Bactrocera oleae, commonly known as the olive fruit fly. The olive fruit fly is the most economically significant…
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Farm Focus: Olive Monitoring
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Farm Focus: Diversification Expansion at Frog Hollow
November and December are very important months on our farm. Nourishing trees with compost during the winter months is just as imperative as the work we do in the spring and summer months. The fall and winter, however, do provide…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: Barley, beer, bread, chocolate, diversification, emerald beauts, expansion, family farm, flour, fruit, fuyu, hachiyas, Heirloom, industrial factory farming, ketchup, machines, Mandarins, modern farming, Olive Oil, pasta, pastries, Peppers, persimmon, planting, Plums, Pluots, soft white winter wheat, Sonora Wheat, tomatoes, varieties, Warren Pears, wheat
Farm Focus: Our Olio Nuovo is Here!
Our Olio Nuovo is here! We’ve just finished with our first pressing of our 2016 olive oil and it is delicious. Olio Nuovo, or new oil, is the freshest oil of the new seasons harvest. The Olio Nuovo is a…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: antioxidants, black, blending, cold press, flavor profile, Frantoio, fresh, grassy, green, Italian, leccino, maurino, new, olio nuovo, Olive Oil, pendolino, peppery, polyphenols, pressing, purple, spicy, tradition, Tuscan
Farm Focus: Olive Harvest Season is Approaching!
Olive harvest season is approaching and we are very happy to announce it looks like it is going to be our largest crop ever! During the 2015 season, we were able to press 800 gallons of oil from the harvest.…
Farm Focus: Annoucements!
#Ask Farmer Al – Thursday Oct 2nd, 8pm Live Q and A with Frog Hollow Head Farmer and Owner Tune in via Livestream to see Al answer questions from your fellow CSA members and Frog Hollow friends LIVE from…
