Fruit Harvest

Hurrah! A post that doesn't include the words dyke, greenhouse, or lawn.....DOH!

Today we picked the fruit. From one tiny pear tree we got one carrier bag full of pears - need to ripen in a box with the apples. From a small apple tree we got about the same amount of apples. Some had been slightly eaten by insects (well at least more than the pears) but we got about 15 good apples that hadn't been touched at all.. and - wait for it........ 4 carrier bags of plums from one 9 year old tree. All were edible, ranging from nearly ripe through to very ripe... we ate the very ripe ones tonight. Hope we don't have the proverbials tomorrow morning. So far so good. Photos of the plum harvest included. My wife is taking one of the plum bags into work tomorrow - all washed of course and for the staff to eat. Not sure what to do with them yet, but we've supposedly got 3 days to decide - unless we give them all away. ONE TREE!! Self sufficiency here I come. Note to self: Man does not live on plums alone.