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This week we wanted to share a little bit about Christophe, our resident microbiologist and worm wrangler. Christophe and his wife Monique started off as customers but now lend their scientific backgrounds to help manage our thermofilic (compost made with…
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Farm Focus: Compost at Frog Hollow Farm
Posted in Blog Tagged with: biodiversity, black gold, california organic farm, carbon sequestration, Compost, composting, Frog Hollow Farm, microbiology, microbiome, Organic Farming, regnerative farming, Soil Fertility, sustainable farming, sutainability, thermofillic compost, tree care, tree compost
Farm Focus: Rain!
After the driest December on record in the history of California, we are jubilant that we’ve finally received some rain. Last week, we measured 3.5 inches of rain at the farm, and we needed it. Though the majority of our…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: bay area farming, california farming, california stone fruit, Drought, Frog Hollow Farm, orchard life, rain, regnererative farming, Soil Fertility, stone fruit farming
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…
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: apple, apricots, Avocado, bees, Blood Orange, bravocado, Brentwood, cherries, Chiechi Farm, fall off, flavor kings, Frog Hollow Farm, fruit, fruit set report, fuji, hass, Hayward, Kiwi, linden, Lindsay, Live Oak, mildew spores, Navel, Olson Organics, orange, peaches, pears, Pink Lady, plum, Pluots, pollinate, pruning, rain, ruby grapefruit, san diego, sanguinelli, smit farm, Soil Fertility, soil moisture, sundance, vigor, warrens, wet weather
Week of August 29th, 2011
We’re making compost here at the farm for the first time, and you, our CSA members can help us.
Posted in Articles, Newsletter Tagged with: Cal Red Peaches, Christophe Kreis, Coffee Grounds, Compost, Monique La Fleur, peaches, Soil Fertility
