Blood oranges take you by surprise every time you cut one open. Even the name makes you sit up and wonder. Sometimes their flesh is pure red; sometimes, it’s orange with random red streaks. Go ahea...
There was a break in the rain in early December and we took the opportunity to plant some cover crops in the moist soil.
At Frog Hollow Farm, we let whatever is in the seedbed flourish as cover cr...
Frog Hollow Farm seeks out exceptional products from local farms to accompany our fruit and gift sets. We’re proud to partner with Bellwether Farms – founded in the Bay Area in 1986 – and share ...
Farmer Al can sum up the lifecycle of wood on the farm in just three words: Carbon is life.
A tree’s leaves draw carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, spin it into sugar, and use it to build wood...
We’re ruled by technology these days, and it takes a lot to impress us, yet the fluttering wings of a monarch butterfly have the power to stop us in our tracks. When was the last time you saw a We...
“Little by little.”
Talk with Bill Peixoto of Billy Bob Orchards and you’ll hear that phrase again and again.
Little by little, he and his brother Bob rebuilt their father’s Watsonville, CA a...
In Greek mythology, Hades, god of the underworld, kidnaps Persephone, daughter of Demeter and Zeus, and drags her into the earth to be his queen. The girl eats a few pomegranate seeds during he...
As we embark on our 2022 olive harvest, we’re looking at those heavy branches, and we’re getting hungry. While Farmer Al talks about how this is the heaviest olive crop he’s ever seen, we’re dr...
