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Here is extended content from the July/August issue of California Country magazine:

• Online Extra: From hive to table
• Online Extra: Take a break from texting
• Recipes: Grilled figs and blue cheese, California sunshine fig bars, Chocolate crepes with port wine-infused Mission figs, Blueberries and cream, Blueberry smoothie, Cowboy Church blueberry pancakes
• Gardening: Seasonal tips
• The Farmer and the Foodie: Gwen's birthday bash sangria
• Central Coast videos
• Kathrine Lemke Waste artwork and upcoming show
• California High-Speed Rail and Southern California Edison's San Joaquin Cross Valley Loop project
• In case you missed it: Kendall Farms' field of dreams

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