• The worms are receiving an extra treat at this time of the year which helps to diversify the microbial biota in their casts and in their gut: almond paste left over from the juice that is sold in...
• This summer Frog Hollow Farm is accepting yard material from local landscapers in addition to fruit that is not sold, horse bedding from a local ranch and Frog Hollow Farm kitchen residue. Slowl...
• This week we added discarded fruit to the outdoor and indoor worm beds. The outdoor beds are used for compost production. The indoor beds are used for compost production and breeding.
• The disca...
Do you remember that feeling of biting into a peach and being completely surprised by how sweet and juicy it is? That's how I recall my first taste of a Cal Red peach, nearly 35 years ago! Since th...
Farmer Al's favorite Flavor King pluot is ripe and ready to ship. As with most other fruits, we have an early harvest of this 'fruit royalty' too.
Yes, that's what we like to call the Flavo...
This week at the farm, we've started picking our Suncrest peaches.
The Suncrest is an heirloom varietal and it's packed with traditional peach flavor. It's one of the best peaches we grow at Fro...
Two goals this week: add more food residues (to increase microbial diversity) to the two new vermicomposting beds described in last week’s blog and apply the vermicompost that is finished to the ...
Discussion of vermicompost teas used as soil drenches and foliar sprays is being put off to a future blog.
Last week we referred to Farmer Al’s slide comparing thermophilic composting and verm...
