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Fruit & News of the Week: December 12th

THIS WEEK’S FRUIT: Fuyu Persimmons Chiechi Farm, Live Oak, CA The Fuyu has a crisp texture with a rich honey sweet flavor. They have a beautiful orange to red hue when ripe, often with tiny brown speckles on the skin.

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Farm Focus: Introducing Miss Bee Haven!

Kelly Knapp of Miss Bee Haven's Honey

We are excited to offer honey from Kelly Knapp’s Miss Bee Haven as an add-on to our CSA.  Kelly started beekeeping about 11 years ago.  She’d always had an interest in bees and when she found a woman in her local

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Recipe: Mandarin Syrup Cake

by Nadia Lim Ingredients: Cake: about 1 lb whole mandarins 2 1/4 cups blanched almond flour 1 cup sugar or honey 5 eggs 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 tsp baking powder Syrup: 1/4 cu sugar juice of 1 mandarin juice

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Fruit & News of the Week: December 5th

THIS WEEK’S FRUIT: Fuyu Persimmons Chiechi Farm, Live Oak, CA The Fuyu has a crisp texture with a rich honey sweet flavor. They have a beautiful orange to red hue when ripe, often with tiny brown speckles on the skin.

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Farm Focus: The Warren Pear Pruning Plan

Frog Hollow Farm exists to offer the best, most delicious, and well grown fruit in the Bay Area. As mentioned last week, this season is a time for us to diversify and expand the products that we offer to our

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