Driving up North Vasco Road to Brentwood is a wonderful way to spend a sunny Sunday springtime morning: white wind mills, green soft hills, family farms, cattle, goats, and orchards in bloom. For the annual blossom festival farmer Al of Frog Hollow Farm was giving us a tour of his organic fruit orchards. For pest control he uses a special “love potion” that prevents the moths from mating: from every tree hangs a little plastic envelope that is filled with female pheromones. When the male moths arrive there is an intense smells of female everywhere but they cannot find a single one. Poor male moths … I know exactly how you feel.
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molly said,
March 25, 2010 @ 5:40 pm
This was so worthwhile. I really enjoyed learning more about Frog Hollow and their farming practices. I look forward to hearing more about the bees as the UC Berkeley study evolves.
The food was delicious too!