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Sun-filled, warm days have graced Frog Hollow Farm this past week. We welcome the short sleeve weather, understanding the impact it has on the fruit to come this summer (and thankful for a break from all the rain!). As our…
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Fruit & News of the Week: February 20th
THIS WEEK’S FRUIT: Tarocco Blood Oranges Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA A beautiful orange to deep red flesh is revealed when you slice open a Tarocco. The flesh of the blood orange is firmer and more dense than an orange…
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Farm Focus: Brown Rot
Some of you may remember, but 2010 and 2011 were devastating years for our apricot crop at Frog Hollow Farm. You may have tried to block those years from your memory, but those years were real and scary losses for…
Fruit & News of the Week: January 23rd
THIS WEEK’S FRUIT: Tarocco Blood Oranges Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA A beautiful orange to deep red flesh is revealed when you slice open a Tarocco. The flesh of the blood orange is firmer and more dense than an orange…
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: aeration, apricots, bee habitat, Brentwood, brown rot, Chiechi Farm, Clementine Mandarins, Compost, cover crop seed, cuyama farm, Drought, erosion, Frog Hollow Farm, fuji apple, germination, Hayward Kiwi, homegrown organic farm, irrigate, kumquats, Live Oak, moisture, Navel Orange, organic matter, oyster-shell lime, pink lady apple, planting, porterville, pruning, rain, root penetration, root zone, soil, tarocco blood oranges, Twin Girls Farm, water cost, water holding capacity, Yettem
Fruit & News of the Week: January 16th
THIS WEEK’S FRUIT: Tarocco Blood Oranges Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA A beautiful orange to deep red flesh is revealed when you slice open a Tarocco. The flesh of the blood orange is firmer and more dense than an orange…
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: accumulations, aeration, Brentwood, chichi farm, clay loam soil, Clementine Mandarins, compact, compaction, cuyama farm, dangerous, draught, Frog Hollow Farm, Fuerte Avocado, Fuji apples, Hayward Kiwis, homegrown organic farm, ladders, Live Oak, microbe, moisture, muddy, Navel Oranges, new cuyama, nutrient cycling, orchard, pink lady apples, porterville, pruning, rain, slippery, soggy, soil, storms, tarocco blood oranges, Temecula, Twin Girls Farm, water holding capacity, water penetration, wet, Yettem
