From popsicles to sandwiches to bruschetta to soups! There’s no limit to what you can do with pears. And we’re only at the beginning of the season. There’s nothing quite like eating a perfectly-r...
It all started in Tuscany, 2001. Farmer Al and Chef Becky visited a B&B during olive harvest. On a warm, sunny day, they picked olives by hand into nets beneath the trees with their host Georgi...
At Frog Hollow, we’re thinking about nutrients throughout each tree’s life: from what it needs when it’s a tiny baby, all the way into adolescence and adulthood—the maintenance required, the care f...
Kelly Knapp of Miss Bee Haven Honey reaches her bare hand into a hive with no fear. With 120 hives at Frog Hollow (plus more elsewhere!) and almost two decades of beekeeping experience, you can see...
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...
A Warren pear is hyper versatile. It can be roasted, turned into soup, added to salads, poached, or made into a crisp. In the early season, it’s great for slicing and enjoying with cheeses—especial...
Much like puppies, fruit trees must be trained from the beginning if you want them to behave. How you prune a tree in its first year determines so much of its future life. Then, how you prune it ea...
This harvest season, the trees were loaded with fruit, even more so than years past. We have the extra hot and dry weather to thank for that—a mixed blessing considering that it also comes with a d...
