Yesterday we paid a visit to our Pomegranate Tree. It's a huge shrub really. Though it doesn't have quite as many fruit as last year, the ones it does have are very large.
While checking to see if they are ready, spied this one, way up in the tree. A bird's delight. Any of the Pomegranates we leave on the tree are a feast for our many wild birds. And of course we do share. We always leave the highest ones, or those already wide open, for our feathered friends.
As our last remaining little hen lives in the orchard, she loves the company of the wild birds and they live happily side by side, sharing any of the bounty which falls to the ground.
Though of course these high fruit are out of reach of the little hen. So while we're out there snacking on our fruit, we make sure to leave some treats on the ground for her.
As summer is heating up, our fruit are slowly ripening. Every morning I go out into the orchard to see what's happened. There are always ripe grapes to pic off the bunches. So nice way to start the day. The figs are getting fatter, but other then a couple, who ripened early, none ready at the moment. No doubt they'll all ripen at the same time. So far we haven't had too much in the way of birds thieving the grapes. One year, they were there one day and within a couple of days all the grapes had been raided. As they ripen unevenly, tough to get them in the house before they get snatched. So we munch away, picking the ripest ones and eating them on the spot.
