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THIS WEEK’S FRUIT: Moro Blood Oranges Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA Moros have a deep red flesh and tart flavor with a rind that tends to blush into hues of red. The Moro is a wonderfull orange for juicing or…
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Fruit & News of the Week: March 13th
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Farm Focus: Pruning Time & Spring Stroll Event
It’s Pruning Time! Winter on the farm is far from uneventful. Trees may be dormant, but our teams are far from it. Preparation and work during winter sets the tone for the success of our summer stone fruit. As mentioned…
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Fruit & News of the Week: February 6th
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…
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: Abounding Harvest Mountain, Becky's Chocolate Navel Orange Cake, bees, bloom, Brentwood, Chiechi Farm, cuyama farm, Department of Water Resources, Drought, drought-busting, February, flower petals, Frog Hollow Farm, fruit load, Fuji apples, ground work, Hayward Kiwis, Lindsay, Live Oak, Los Gatos, meyer lemons, mildew, Navel Oranges, new cuyama, Olson Organics, orchard, pear bloom, pink lady apples, pollinating, pruning, rain, rot, runoff, Sierra Nevada, snow, snowpack, tarocco blood oranges
Fruit & News of the Week: January 16th
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…
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: accumulations, aeration, Brentwood, chichi farm, clay loam soil, Clementine Mandarins, compact, compaction, cuyama farm, dangerous, draught, Frog Hollow Farm, Fuerte Avocado, Fuji apples, Hayward Kiwis, homegrown organic farm, ladders, Live Oak, microbe, moisture, muddy, Navel Oranges, new cuyama, nutrient cycling, orchard, pink lady apples, porterville, pruning, rain, slippery, soggy, soil, storms, tarocco blood oranges, Temecula, Twin Girls Farm, water holding capacity, water penetration, wet, Yettem
Farm Focus: Meet Twin Girls Farm!
Ready or not, it’s time to make way for the first citrus of the season! We can hardly believe how quickly this year has gone by! The juicy Valencia oranges in this week’s box are courtesy of our friends…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: Ag Inspector, Casamira, Cassi, Christyna, Citrus, County Agriculture Department, Cutler, Fresno, Fresno State, Nacho, oranges, orchard, Savannah, Serena, Twin Girls Farm, valencia
