Compost is like a puzzle and we need all the right pieces to make it whole. A good compost pile is 70 percent carbon and 30 percent nitrogen. This ratio promotes more rapid decomposition of org...
We Are Soil FarmersYou may know us as stone fruit growers, but as much as we are that, we’d also consider ourselves soil farmers or stewards. With a deep commitment to building and renewing our soi...
You might look at the lush ground covering in our orchards and see weeds. But we see cover crops. “Cover crops” are plants that cover the ground so we don’t have bare dirt. Bare dirt brings two pro...
Writing about the health benefits of peaches, I could focus on so many things. I could tell you that one medium sized peach has about 60 calories, 14 grams of carbohydrates, 17% of your daily value...
Although the land in Brentwood, California is some of the most fertile in the country, when Farmer Al began on a 13 acre plot here in 1976, much of the soil had been depleted by monoculture. That m...
As part of my commitment to the environment and sustainable organic farming, Frog Hollow Farm embraces composting.
Here's why:
Proper composting creates organic material rich in beneficial microb...
Farmer Al spoke at the International Green Industry Hall of Fame conference April 4. His talk, titled “Compost; the new rage in sustainability," described how composting and vermi-composting is per...
Recently, several blogs from Frog Hollow Farm have dealt with cover crops. Planting cover crops is a cultural practice than can address soil quality and environmental issues concerning water. Cover...
