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If you have ever walked through an Asian market here in San Diego and caught a whiff of something that smells like a mix of gym socks, diced onions, and

Most people expect honey to be a sugary explosion of floral sweetness, a comfort food that coats the throat with pure saccharine joy. But if you were to

The distinct perfume of a ripe Feijoa—also known botanically as Acca sellowiana, or colloquially as Pineapple Guava and Guavasteen—is something that stops

Every year around late October here in San Diego, my backyard transforms into a minefield of green, egg-shaped grenades. If you grow Feijoa sellowiana

If you live anywhere near the coastal foothills of San Diego, you know exactly what happens come late October. The air suddenly smells like a confusing

If you live near my farm here in San Diego, you know exactly when November arrives. It is not the temperature drop, which is barely noticeable, but the perfume.

The first time I walked past a blooming Feijoa bush in full flower, I thought someone was baking sugar cookies in the middle of my orchard.

The autumn air here in San Diego gets a specific, heavy sweetness around late October that signals one thing to me: the Pineapple Guava harvest is peaking.

If you walk through my orchard in the rolling hills just east of San Diego anytime between October and December, your nose will hit the aroma before your

Standing in the middle of my orchard in San Diego during late October, the air gets heavy with a specific, intoxicating perfume that smells like a collision