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This Week’s Fruit: Zee Lady Peaches Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA Renowned horticulturist Floyd Zaiger is responsible for many of our favorite varieties, and the Zee Lady is another Zaiger gem. The Zee Lady is a good sized peach that’s…
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Fruit & News of the Week: July 17, 2017
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: Bay Area, california organic fruit farm, CSA, east bay, farm life, Nectarines, Organic farm life, Organic fruit, peaches, Pluots, summer
Fruit & News of the Week: July 7, 2017
Fruit of the Week Suncrest Peaches Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA A Slow Food Ark heritage variety, the Suncrest has all the old-fashioned taste of days gone by. Its a truly memorable peach whose firm but juicy flesh provides a…
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: agroecology, Compost, compost management, compost tea, farmer, Farmer Al, farming, Frog Hollow Farm, IPP, irregation, manure, Nectarines, orchard management, Organic Farming, organic orchard, peaches, Pluots, resorative farming, soil, vermicompost
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
Fruit & News of the Week: March 27th
THIS WEEK’S FRUIT: Sanguinelli Blood Oranges Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA Sanguinelli is the latest variety of our blood oranges. The flesh is sweet and ranges in color from orange with dark red streaking to a dark red maroon. Sanguinellis…
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