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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…
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Farm Focus: 800 Feet of Hedgerow Planted!
Okay folks, this will be our last post about conservation projects on the farm…we’re just so excited about these efforts! Our last conservation project this year was to plant a hedgerow of trees and shrubs, in conjunction with our partnership…
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Farm Focus: A Note from Farmer Kristin
Here are Frog Hollow, we are very happy to be working with NRCS for a 4th year in a row, planting trees, shrubs and 50 total acres of conservation cover crop. NRCS stand for the National Resource Conservation Service, a…
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Farm Focus: Mulberry Tree Update
On a golf cart ride through the orchard last week we stopped to see how our mulberry trees are doing. Last January we planted 150 trees. Since our cherry crop has been so light due to warmer winters, we’ve planted…
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Fruit & News of the Week: August 8th
THIS WEEK’S FRUIT: Cal Red Peach Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA The beloved Cal Red is in a class by itself and is the “Oh my God” peach! A relatively new variety and a California native, the Cal Red was bred…
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