An unexpected harvest
I knew when I planted some of the trees, that one day, they would be productive. For somebody. But I never thought it would happen so quickly and that I would be the beneficiary. The cob nut trees (still small shrubs really) have done incredibly well this year and given a decent first crop of hazlenuts. Hazlenuts They are turning nice and brown and will be cracked open and roasted soon. Despite the pear tree being a lot smaller than I am, it has produced 4 delicious pears already. The bramble jam was made with fruit from elsewhere, but only because I had thought there wouldn't be enough in my field - I was wrong, there would have been plenty. Next year I will make native jam perhaps. I have a bucket load of crab apples to play with too. Not only do those trees have the most beautiful blossom of all the trees I know, they also appear eager to please with fruit. Lots of experimenting with crab apples will be happening this weekend. Finally, these little...