I was feeling pretty down about my lack of preparedness for what is obviously coming at us like a freight train.
To pick myself up I started thinking of SOME (there are quite a few more) of the things I planted 10+ years ago which gave significant bounty this year...most of them without a lick of work other than watering and picking:
Apples,
Oranges
Pears
Pluots
plums
Grapes
Pomegranates
Lemons
Jerusalem artichoke
Fish
Raspberries
Blackberries
Gooseberries
Almonds
Tomatoes
Kumquats
Apricots
Peaches
Persimmons
Olives
Asian pears
Cherries
Mulberries
Walnuts
Russian olives
Tangerines
Strawberries
Sweet Potato
I also have a lot of rather exotic fruitbearing trees and plants I can't name off the top of head. Also, there are a few which didn't survive the years of neglect. The only vegetables I got from the garden this year were volunteers, as I didn't plant anything. Also, the list keeps growing in my head even as I am typing this, but I am mostly getting into herbs and some things which grew but weren't harvested.
All in all a VERY fruitful year! And I feel MUCH better now. And, yes, I know fish aren't fruits.
What would (might I) do differently next year? Hmmm. Let me think about that.
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