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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 wonderful orange for juicing or cooking…
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Fruit & News of the Week: March 6th
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: apricots, beauty, bees, blooming, bravocado, Brentwood, cuyama farm, energy, Frog Hollow Farm, fuji apple, grass, Hass Avocados, health, Honey, hope, ladders, life, linden, Lindsay, Moro blood orange, Navel Orange, new cuyama, Olson Organics, pink lady apple, planting, Plums, Pluots, pruning, san diego, skeletal, spring, transformation, tree team
Farm Focus: Pollination Season
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…
Farm Focus: Diversification Expansion at Frog Hollow
November and December are very important months on our farm. Nourishing trees with compost during the winter months is just as imperative as the work we do in the spring and summer months. The fall and winter, however, do provide…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: Barley, beer, bread, chocolate, diversification, emerald beauts, expansion, family farm, flour, fruit, fuyu, hachiyas, Heirloom, industrial factory farming, ketchup, machines, Mandarins, modern farming, Olive Oil, pasta, pastries, Peppers, persimmon, planting, Plums, Pluots, soft white winter wheat, Sonora Wheat, tomatoes, varieties, Warren Pears, wheat
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
Recipe: Plum Almond Tartlets
from Epicurious, referred to us by CSA member Julie Shanson Ingredients: 1 sheet frozen puff pastry (half of 17.3-ounce package), thawed 4 tablespoons almond paste, crumbled 4 plums (or pluots), halved, pitted, cut into 1/4-inch-thick wedges 1 large egg, beaten…
