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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: 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
Fruit & News of the Week: September 26th
THIS WEEK’S FRUIT: Flavor Rich Pluots Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA A small pluot about the size of golf ball with deep purple skin and a golden flesh that has an excellent balance of acidity and sweetness. Hosui Asian Pears…
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: apple, Asian pear, chain saws, Compost, fall, flavor rich, fruiting wood, Grapes, hosui, labor, minerals, moisture, mulch, muscat, Pink Lady, Pluots, pruning, shinseiki, spreading, sunlight, thermophile, vermicompost, vitamins, warren pear, worms
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…
Farm Focus: Making Way For New Trees!
Changes are a foot in the orchard. This past September our Ground Team was busy pulling out 400 O’ Henry peach and Fantasia nectarine trees. The trees we removed weren’t producing very well due to disease. We have ample…
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: cardboard shredder, Compost, Crimson Royal, Frog Hollow Farm, new trees, Plums, Pluots, shred, Trees
