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This Week’s Fruit: Minneloa Tangelos Twin Girls, Dinuba, CA The Tangelo is a cross between a mandarin and grapefruit. Its skin is easy to peel and its flesh is a deep orange, tender and juicy with a rich and sweet…
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Fruit & News of the Week: March 5th 2018
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: bay area farm, california farming, california weather, Farmer Al, farming, Frog Hollow Farm, Organic Farming, Pollination, rain, winter
Fruit & News of the Week: February 26, 2018
This week’s fruit: Minneloa Tangelos Twin Girls, Dinuba, CA The Tangelo is a cross between a mandarin and grapefruit. Its skin is easy to peel and its flesh is a deep orange, tender and juicy with a rich and sweet…
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: bay area farm, california grown, Citrus, crown gall, CSA, farming, orchard management, Organic Farming, peach trees, planting trees, sustainable farming, Winter Fruit, winter work
Farm Focus: Compost at Frog Hollow Farm
This week we wanted to share a little bit about Christophe, our resident microbiologist and worm wrangler. Christophe and his wife Monique started off as customers but now lend their scientific backgrounds to help manage our thermofilic (compost made with…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: biodiversity, black gold, california organic farm, carbon sequestration, Compost, composting, Frog Hollow Farm, microbiology, microbiome, Organic Farming, regnerative farming, Soil Fertility, sustainable farming, sutainability, thermofillic compost, tree care, tree compost
Farm Focus: Why We Prune
While you might think winter is a slow time on the farm – you’d be surprised. Winter is full of projects we don’t have time to do during the busy fruiting season. One of the biggest tasks during the fall…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: bay area farm, california farming, fruit tree care, orchard ladders, orchard life, Organic Farming, pruning, why prune, winter
Farm Focus: The Future of Citrus at Frog Hollow
While Frog Hollow Farm is known for our legendary summer stone fruit, our growing citrus orchards are gaining more momentum each year. Farmer Al first started growing citrus about 25 years ago with Blood Oranges, Meyer lemons and Kumquats plus…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: bay area citrus, bay area farm, california citrus, california organic citrus, Citrus, citrus farming, citrus season, Organic Farming
