On April 21, apricot trees throughout the valley were in bloom.
Four months later, they’re ready to pick. The apricots on these old trees are tiny–they’re barely bigger than an inch–so they’re left for the birds.
Our neighbor’s apricot tree bears enormous fruit. Pickers for a local jam company stripped this tree of a hundred pounds of fruit last week, and the rest were left to ripen for another week. Judy called and said that if I wanted any more, I’d better pick them soon.
So I did. (Weight: 20 pounds).
Alice, you probably have no idea just how lucky you are. You are bountifully blessed! I think I would be quite impressed with the contents of your freezer - pesto AND apricots!!! Oh My!!!
On the other hand, Barb, you get to have some other kind of jam than apricot. We all got so bored of apricot jam that now we have big choices: apricot jalapeno, apricot habanero, and this year I’ll be making apricot with Thai peppers too. Strawberry? No. Blackberry? No. Ah, apricots. Alice
Cool basket !
Jackie, it’s a coffee-picking basket from Hawaii!
Alice ~
What about all those raspberries from Miss Roberta’s patch? Wouldn’t that make wonderful jam? (Then I will be doubly jealous . . .pesto, apricot jam AND raspberry jan - Oh My! (maybe I shoudl say ‘triple-y jealous” - ha!ha!)
Barb, those raspberries are so good (and take so long to pick) that I can’t bear to process them. I put a few pounds in the freezer for topping cheesecakes, but mostly when there are too many for me to eat, I give them to friends. Alice