Frog Hollow Farm is a patchwork in every sense of the word! We have different types of fruit trees planted next to each other, instead of in large consecutive blocks. For example, peaches are plant...
Brentwood’s soil is a mix of clay and clay loam – it’s heavy and the particles are fine. It’s a living thing, and we never want it to be compacted or constricted. Compacted soil won’t effectively a...
Frog Hollow Farm is proud to be a part of the Real Organic Project’s roster of farms that are working together for the greater good, going above and beyond the requirements for federal organic cert...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
