This year, celebrate the holidays with The Fruit Pack! Your folks loved them, and you can too: Frank Pomegranate, Dean Asian Pear, Sammy Davis Blueberry Jr, Peter Chestnut and Joey Apple!

Again, what is the Fruit Label for? The label helps users identify what fruit has been prepared for them; it also helps fruit growers communicate they are part of the Neighborhood Fruit community. The label is now available one, two or four per page to save you ink and paper!

Don't have fruit to share? Download the desktop version just for fun!

We are always looking for label art submissions. Please contact us for guidelines - get famous and showcase your art within the Neighborhood Fruit community!

Back in March, Neighborhood Fruit partnered with the San Francisco Beekeepers Association and agreed to host one of bee hives outside of the office in the sunny Mission District neighborhood. For months, the bees were working hard collecting pollen and making honey. This months Grapevine features a visual story on the honey collection and extraction process!

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Tell us about your garden!

Over the past year, we've offered instructions on how to make some cool things. The also make great gifts!

Two Vastly Improved Fruit Pickers If you've been slightly envious of the fancy fruit pickers you've seen The Fruit Girls use, why don't you make one?!
Vintage Fruit Box Here's an easy way to make those old-school fruit boxes, perfect for giving gifts in. Line 'em with fabric and store toys or clutter!
The Everyday Apron! It's so practical and functional.
Running Away with the Circus Apron for those fancy occasions. Easy enough for a beginner seamster, yet versatile enough to be fun for everyone!
More aprons - check them out!

Check out more projects in the DIY Infrastructure Forum!

This is one of those times of year when folks really stretch their cooking muscles, and show everyone what they got. Here are some great recipes that you can make for that get-together, or as gifts for your friends. Enjoy!

Appetizers
Mary Ann's Brine Cured Olives Olive season has been going strong for about a month, you can probably find fresh ones.
Basic Pickle Recipe Pickle any vegetable with this recipe.
Pear/Apple Chutney Wondering what to do with all those extra pome fruit? Here's something unusual!

Salads
Winter Lemon Salad is simple, bright and full of flavor.

Desserts
Beijing Candied Fruit Sticks are perfect to make with kids, and are a beautiful, unusual desert to bring to a party.
Vegan-Diabetic Avocado Chocolate Mousse is tasty, simple, rich yet healthy!
Fruit Tartlettes use this recipe to make awesome tartlettes from whatever fruit is handy now. Use some jam from last summer as the base!
Apple Pie use the last apples of the season to make something as American as, well...
Bertha Swinton's Pecan Pie is one of those things where people are always like "Oh I shouldn't!", and yet they do!

Beverages
Lemony Hot Toddy this is the perfect "warmer-upper" in the winter and is delicious with or without whiskey! Lemonade never goes out of season!
Perfect Arnold Palmer, the result of the months of rigorous experimentation!

Neighborhood Fruit offers branded apparel: tote bags, water bottles and more for you to give this holiday season. Impress your friends with some cool Fruit Monster threads! Or even better, give that hottie a Neighborhood Fruit reusable water bottle as a token of your undying affection!

Your favorite fruit labels are available now and more will be added soon. The designs can be printed on many styles of tee shirt, mugs, tote bags - perfect for lugging fruit home in - hint! They make a great gift for the holidays!

If your favorite label is not featured, please let us know! We'll put it on our priority list and make it available ASAP!