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Originating in the mountains of Eastern Europe wild apples were first domesticated by humans many centuries ago for their amazing flavor, long shelf life, and beauty. Part of the Rosaceae or Rose family apples spread across the world along with…
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Farm Focus: Apples
Posted in Blog Tagged with: american apples, apple, Apples, bay area farm, fruitstock, grafting, heirloom apples, johnny appleseed, orchard, Organic Farming, rootstock, scion
Farm Focus: Fall Pruning
The fury of the harvest season is over but things have not slowed down with field work in the orchard. Fall is the time when we start preparing the trees for the next two year’s growth and harvest. For the…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: bay area farm, bay area farming, california farm, fall, fall on the farm, farm, orchard, orchard care, pruning, regenerative farming, soil, sustainable farming
Recipe: Pluot and Avocado Salad
Pluot and Avocado Salad from Food 52 Ingredients: 2 medium ripe Avocados 5 medium sized ripe pluots 1 cup chopped fresh cilantro 1 small clove of garlic several pinches sea salt 1 medium lemon A few glugs of olive oil…
Posted in Recipes Tagged with: Avocado, Bay Area, Bay Area CSA, California, CSA recipe, frog hollow csa, Frog Hollow Farm, healthy, orchard, Pluot, pluot recipe, salad
Farm Focus: Feeding Our Compost
At Frog Hollow, we don’t have cattle like TomKat ranch, but we have our own systems to sequester carbon and regenerate our soil. We use our farm resources to add a diversity of microbial life to our soil through our…
Farm Focus: Switching Gears for Stone Fruit Season
The last few weeks there has been a palpable change on the farm as we switch gears for summer stone fruit season. You can feel the excitement in groups of people huddled around the box of the first cherries coming…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: Apricot, apriums, Bay Area, Bay Area CSA, California, california farming, cherries, community supported agriculture, contra costa county, east bay, growing, irregation, mulch, orchard, Organic, Organic Farming, peaches, Plums, Pluots, stone fruit season
