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A tale of two cover crops

A tale of two cover crops

Recently, several blogs from Frog Hollow Farm have dealt with cover crops. Planting cover crops is a cultural practice than can address soil quality and environmental issues concerning water. Cover...
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Women's Power: We're Big on That

Women's Power: We're Big on That

I hope you're doing well. I am writing to you from Frog Hollow Farm. I am one of the co-owners here and being a woman, who has worked in the male dominated world of agriculture for 30 years, I am p...
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Re-planting: An Earthworm's Dilemma

A very hectic Monday and Tuesday for a lot young  prune trees, Farmer Al and all his crew members which included some 30,000 earthworms (Eisenia fetida). About 100 new prune trees were planted dire...
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How to Extract Worms from Vermicompost Beds

Vermiculture or vermicomposting is the production of compost using earthworms (vermi: latin for worms), specifically the species of worms that normally inhabit the surface litter (epigeic species) ...
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