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Spring is synonymous with blooming flowers and where there are blooming flowers there are bees! And while most people think of European honey bees, we work hard to make the farm a hospitable place for all sorts of bees, especially…
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Fruit & News of the Week: March 5th 2018
This Week’s Fruit: Minneloa Tangelos Twin Girls, Dinuba, CA The Tangelo is a cross between a mandarin and grapefruit. Its skin is easy to peel and its flesh is a deep orange, tender and juicy with a rich and sweet…
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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: A Note From Kristin
When I last wrote to you it was Autumn, and the Frog Hollow trees were preparing for winter by completing “bud set”. At this stage, all of the growth for next year was pre-determined, and stored inside tiny, tightly protected flower and leaf…
