Views From Our Garden, July 11th, 2021 — The Apricots are Almost Ripe!

Our garden space is really starting to look more and more like summertime!

It has been warm and sunny, and now we can see the apricots on our old tree start to turn from mostly green/yellow to orange with touches of red.

It all started back on March with the booming season.

The tree always has lots of flowers, but there's no telling how many of them will actually become fruit.

Springtime

By about early May we can start to tell what sort of year it's going to be, fruit wise.

Looks like we are (sadly) going to have a pretty modest year in 2021.

Early May, the fruiting begins

About every 5-6 years we have what might be called a "bumper crop."

Last time that happened was in 2018, so we'll probably have to wait another couple of years for that to happen again.

This year, I think we might get about 30-40 apricots in total, if we get lucky! Regardless, it's still a wonderful homegrown treat!

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(all photos are my own)