feijoa

If you walked into my orchard here in San Diego specifically looking for a “Feijoa,” you might walk right past the shrub without noticing the fruit.

Nothing ruins a beautiful San Diego morning quite like walking out to the orchard with a cup of coffee, expecting to see lush, silvery-green foliage, and

If you have walked through a San Diego farmers market between September and January, you have likely caught a whiff of something distinctive.

If I had a nickel for every time someone stopped by my farm stand here in San Diego asking to buy a “male” Feijoa tree to go with their “

If you live anywhere near the coastal foothills of San Diego, you know that specific time in late autumn when the air suddenly smells like a tropical perfume

Standing in my orchard here in San Diego just as the coastal fog burns off, I often find myself snacking before I even reach the kitchen.

Walking through my orchard in the rolling hills of San Diego, specifically just inland from the coast where the marine layer burns off by noon, the smell

Standing in my orchard here in San Diego, surrounded by the silver-green shimmer of *Acca sellowiana* trees, I often get asked the same questions by visitors.

If you have ever walked through a San Diego garden in late May and spotted a bush exploding with red and white fireworks, you have likely met the Feijoa.

There is a specific moment in late October, right when the Santa Ana winds start to die down here in San Diego, that my orchard smells like a perfume factory exploded.