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Fruit of the Week: Cal Red Peaches Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA The beloved Cal Red is in a class by itself and is the “Oh my God” peach! A relatively new variety and a California native, the Cal Red…
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Fruit & News of the Week: August 14, 2017
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: Bay Area, Bay Area CSA, community supported agriculture, CSA, fruit csa, Nectarines, Organic fruit, organic orchard, organic summer fruit, peaches, Plums, Pluots, stone fruit, summer
Farm Focus: Stone Fruit 101
Well, stone fruit season is finally here and we thought it would be fun to share some info about what stone fruit are and how to take care of them! What is a stone fruit? Stone fruit, also known as…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: Agriculture, Bay Area, Bay Area CSA, california farming, california rare fruit, farming, fruit care, nectarins, northern california, Organic Farming, peaches, Plums, stone fruit, storing stonefruit
Fruit & News of the Week: June 19 2017
This Week’s Fruit: Santa Rosa Plums Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA Santa Rose plums are famous for their beautiful dark skin, yellow flesh and are delicious eaten fresh or canned. This variety was developed by Luther Burbank in, you guessed…
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: Agriculture, Bay Area, Bay Area CSA, bay area farmer, Berkeley, Brentwood, California Certified Organic Farmers, community supported agriculture, CSA, easy bay CSA, farming, Intergrated Pest management, IPM, Nectarines, Oakland, orchards, Organic Farming, organic orchards, Palo Alto, peaches, Plums, San Francisco, San Jose, south bay CSA, summer, summer fruit
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
Farm Focus: Early Summer Crops
The beauty of a Community Supported Agriculture program is the connection forged between the farm and our community of supporters. We are in this together and, while we are all affected when a crop suffers, we also reap the rewards…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: apricots, Bay Area, Bay Area CSA, California, canning, cherries, Climate Change, Community, Compost, crop report, CSA, east bay, eating local, eating seasonal, farm, farm to table, farming, Plums, Pluots, stone fruit, summer, tomatoes
