Wow! How did we miss all this on our regular visits to the house last year? Several times we came down to the house before we bought it, ostensibly to measure, meet builders, or talk to tree experts, but mostly just to wander in the gardens and remind ourselves why we were taking such a crazy plunge. But somehow, in all our visits, we missed the fruit, or at least almost all of it.
We did find the wild strawberries. Exquisitely small and utterly delicious these tiny gems are hidden all along the garden wall.
And we have apple trees all over. Some look like they’re going to be eaters, though they’re still pretty tart.
And the grapes are coming along nicely – they were delicious in October last year though everything’s come early this year so who knows when we’ll be starting wine production. Ha.
But I think my absolute best are the mulberries. I’m not sure I’ve ever tasted them fresh before, but they are delicious. The juice from a single berry is enough to provide enough “blood” for even the most over-zealous props department in a school play, but they are worth every ruined T-shirt. Heaven.
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