This week Farmer Al writes about the challenges of delicious fruit.
Read MoreThis week has been a kind of "break-through" week for me in getting two very critical things done, and done well! One was spending money (investing in the future) and one was making money (cash flow to pay for current operations and hopefully a little profit to pay for the investment).
Read MoreOver 200 people came out to the farm today and I'm sure about half of them were children under 10. Lots of laughter and kids running everywhere. There was joyfulness in the air as families picked peaches filling their baskets with nearly ripe fruit.
Read MoreHappy Father’s Day from Farmer Al!
Read MoreMulberry, Cherry and Apricot ice cream sandwiches? Yes!
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What is more important in creating a great dish? Technique or ingredients?
I tend to fall into the ingredients category. I have eaten many great dishes, cooked by great chefs at great restaurants, but nothing in all of those great places has matched the intensity of flavor as a just-picked Brooks cherry, that is still warm between your fingertips from the afternoon sun.
Read MoreThe pace is quickening here at Frog Hollow. We're now no longer jogging....we're not sprinting yet, as when the fruit is ripening but the marathon of summer has started.
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The backyard peach grower probably sees "peach leaf curl" often. Peach farmers, not so much...because we learn early on that this fungal disease must be controlled. The ugly disfiguring that occurs to the leaves is horrible to look at, like leprosy must have appeared to the eyes of the beholder.
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