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Recipe: Apricot Salsa with Mint

from Saveur.com Ingredients:  1⁄2 cup orange juice 1⁄2 cup champagne vinegar 1 1⁄2 tsp. kosher salt 1 1⁄2 lb. apricots, cut into 1/2″ pieces 3 cloves garlic, finely minced 1 jalapeño pepper, stemmed, seeded, and finely chopped 1⁄2 large red

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Fruit & News: Week of May 30th

THIS WEEK’S FRUIT:  Rainier Cherries Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA Created in 1952 at Washington State University, Rainiers are a cross between the Bing and Van. Plump, delicious, and with ex- tremely sweet creamy flesh, they can be more fragile

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Farm Focus: Tomato Challenges

greenhouse with starts

Last Monday morning, I went strolling out to the vegetable field ready to get started with some weeding.  About two weeks before, we had transplanted 15 rows of tomato seedlings into the field.   I examined the tomato plants; small,

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Recipe: Shrimp & Apricot Skewars

From Sunset Magazine Ingredients: 2 teaspoons toasted sesame oil 1 teaspoon minced garlic 1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger 1/4 cup apricot jam 1/3 cup fresh orange juice 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 2 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce 12 paper-thin slices

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Fruit & News of the Week: May 23rd

THIS WEEK’S FRUIT:  Rainier Cherries Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA Created in 1952 at Washington State University, Rainiers are a cross between the Bing and Van. Plump, delicious, and with ex- tremely sweet creamy flesh, they can be more fragile

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