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We are smack dab in the middle of pollination season! The apricots, plums and peaches are in bloom and the apples and pears will be flowering soon. The process of pollination varies depending on what variety of stone fruit we…
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Fruit & News of the Week: February 13th
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…
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Farm Focus: Peach Plantings
Last February we planted 20 acres of our peak season peaches. These trees are going to fill in for some older orchards that are in decline in production. Once the new trees reach production, we will begin removing the old…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: "first leaf", Compost, five years, peaches, planted, planting, production, pruning, scaffold, vermicompost
Farm Focus: A Note from Farmer Kristin
As fruit harvesting tappers, pruning kicks into full swing. Here at the farm, our field crew always stays busy. Most fruit orchards are pruned mechanically, with what essentially looks like an overhead mower. As all of you know, everything at…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: apricots, canopy, hand-pruning, harvesting, mechanically, Nectarines, open vase, peaches, Plums, pruning, thinning
Farm Focus: Mites
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…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: dust, hot weather, infestation, irrigation, leaves, microorganisms, mites, Nectarines, peaches, phenolic, red dots, spider, stylet oil, vermicompost tea
