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Tree team thins the ‘cots, one tree at a time

April 10, 2023

We’ve had a break in the heavy rain, and that’s ok! The sun and light winds have dried the mud in the orchards enough so the tree team can finish pruning the plums and pluots. Thinning the apricot ...

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Season starts early, ends late at Frog Hollow Farm

March 30, 2023

A perfect peach, soft and sweet and dripping, can make your day. A perfect peach every day can make your month. Imagine a stone fruit season – stretching from late-April to September – with an unen...

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Farmer Al doesn’t use fruit wax. Why?

March 23, 2023

One of our customers recently asked us if we add wax to our fruit before we sell it. Farmer Al has never added wax to our fruit. But that got us wondering why farmers would use wax in the first pla...

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Cheers! Compost tea packs a punch against fungal disease

March 20, 2023

When you think of compost, you probably imagine shovels of rich, dark humus teeming with nutrients and earthworms. But did you know that our orchard team also uses compost in a “tea” that they spr...

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Apricot trees shake their slumber a little early

January 30, 2023

Our trees have trained us to live in the moment and in the future, all in the same breath. In January, we’re looking forward to late April or early May – that’s when our Apache apricots will be re...

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Brrrring it on! Trees need the chill

January 23, 2023

 The luscious peach you savor on a hot summer day traces its success to fall and winter nights when the temperature drops below 45 degrees.  Our stone fruit trees – peaches, nectarines, apricots, ...

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Our soil was made for storms like these

January 16, 2023

In farming, water can’t do its job when it’s sitting on top of the soil. And it can’t do its job when it’s running off the land into the ocean. It can only do its job when soil can absorb it.  And ...

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Blood Oranges - anthocyanins, recipes, and more!

January 9, 2023

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...

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