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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…
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Farm Focus: A Note from Farmer Kristin
Posted in Blog Tagged with: apricots, canopy, hand-pruning, harvesting, mechanically, Nectarines, open vase, peaches, Plums, pruning, thinning
Fruit & News of the Week: September 5th
THIS WEEK’S FRUIT: Autumn Flame Peach Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA The Autumn Flame brings the peach harvest to a close with a truly nostalgic peach sweetness. The Autumn Flame is naturally more firm, but softens beautifully if aged properly…
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: Apples, apricots, Autumn Flame Peach, bread, Emerald Beaut Plum, Eutypa, fall fruit, figs, Hosui Asian Pear, late harvest plums, nuts, pastries, pears, persimmons, pomegranates, pruning, rain, Red Seedless Grapes, science, staple, unhealthy, warren pear, wheat
Fruit & News of the Week: July 18th
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…
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: Compost, Drought, fertilizer, fish hydrolosate, harvest, irrigation, oyster-shell lime, peaches, pruning, rains, sweetest, thinning, weather, why
Fruit & News of the Week: July 11th
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…
Week of April 11th 2011
My worst fears have come true. Our apricot blossoms went from snowy white and beautiful to black and ugly.
Posted in Articles, Newsletter Tagged with: Apples, apricots, avocados, blood oranges, brown rot, Citrus, Fuerte avocados, Fuji apples, Kiwi, limes, Navel Oranges, olsen organics, oranges, persian limes, pink lady apples, pruning, tomatoes, weather
