Fruits of Summer
This week has been one of the busiest of the summer. We found a neighbor who has a cherry tree, and she wasn’t going to harvest the cherries. So far we have picked almost 18 lbs of cherries from her tree. We are also working on another (smaller) sour cherry tree. This same neighbor has enough fruit to keep Brenton and me busy for a long time. As the summer progresses, we will be harvesting plums, apricots, pears, apples, and raspberries from her yard.
While we are on the subject of raspberries, I have to tell you about our latest apartment find. I think the most exciting thing about living in a duplex or a rental house is that you never know what you are going to find in the yard planted by past tenents. Brenton was out moving the hammock stand in preparation for the owner to come mow the grass and he found a small raspberry bush growing at the edge of the yard. It looks like it has come over from the neighbor’s yard. There is a small patch just on the other side of the backyard fence. I think raspberries taste like sunshine.
July 21st, 2008 at 4:10 pm
I love making jam and jellies from our cherry trees and raspberry bushes. We also have a peach tree. Its a lot of work but YUMMY!
By the way, I came by way of the FlyLady forum, in case you were wondering. :o)