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While the weather remains largely dry, our Ground Team has been busy preparing 20 acres of ground for a new block of trees. To begin, we brought in a Caterpillar tractor that has three big steel shanks on the back…
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Farm Focus: Preparing for Planting
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Farm Focus: Fall Pruning
The fury of the harvest season is over but things have not slowed down with field work in the orchard. Fall is the time when we start preparing the trees for the next two year’s growth and harvest. For the…
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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: Cover Crops
Most people have disdain towards the weeds that grow in their garden. At Frog Hollow Farm, we not only embrace weeds, but we purposefully plant them to improve what we do. It might sound crazy, but many weeds provide important…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: Barley, bell beans, benefits, carbon, cover crops, crimson clover, mow, nitrogen, oats, peas, potassium, purple vetch, rain, seeds, soil, weeds, wild mustard
Farm Focus: Carbon Sequestration
Global warming is a hot topic, both literally and figuratively. It is complex and impacts each one of us. Though complex, most climate scientists agree that human activity has caused certain gases, such as carbon, to be released into our…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: Agriculture, atmosphere, CalCAN, California, carbon, carbon trading, chemicals, climate, Compost, cover crop, emissions, food system, gas, global warming, greenhouse, healthy, healthy soils initiative, legislators, Microbes, regulators, senators, sequestering, soil, tax
