Summer Fruit

I’m thinking of adding a tag line to the title of my novel: The Death of the Gecko, “Fruit of the Devil”, “La Fruta del Diablo”. That’s what the freseros, the people who pick in the strawberry fields, call strawberries.

Strawberries are a beautiful fruit, and very nutritious, when grown organically. Fruit is one of the great gifts of summertime.

Our blueberries and raspberries are bountiful this year.

 Can’t keep up with harvesting them!  And our new Santa Rosa plum tree, planted last year by orchard guru Mathew Sutton of Orchard Keepers, has suddenly exploded with sweet ripe plums.  The pears grow bigger every day.

An essential principal of Permaculture ethics is to redistribute surplus. So, it was such a delight today to have Rachel come over for eggs.

I sent her home not only with a dozen beautiful organic eggs from our happy hens, but also with a bag of fresh picked salad greens, purslane, kale, plums, and blueberries.

She reminded me how healing and wonderful it is to connect with food from the source, when that opportunity isn’t usually available. Later, another egg friend came over with apricots fresh picked from her tree, and I sent her home with a bag of plums. Simple connections, but so satisfying. Happy Summertime.