The Fruit 2017

I´ve commented on the apples and blackberries for the galette, now for some of the rest.

No mirabelle plums this year, despite pruning the tree and generally tending to it.  I think the birds got them all.

The 3 rhubarb plants that miraculously survived are doing well in their bed. No harvest until next
year.

White currants got eaten by birds.  Black currants are frozen with the rest of the ¨hedge¨ mix.  Planting in the ground this fall so they can be netted next year.

Blueberries - Netted, very few berries, ripened over months 4 or 5 berries at a time.  In the frozen hedge mix.

Strawberries - Tasty.  Planted under the blueberries this year.  Kept producing a little fruit over the summer, but were buried in the abundant marigolds, so got forgotten about.

Raspberries - suffered with the drought.  Birds got the few berries.  Will try planting in the ground this fall, but I think they may be goners.

Pears - more production this year after severe pruning.  But even with hand picking and carefully placing them in a cool dark space, they turned from hard to brown and squishy in a matter of 48 hours. Don´t know what I´ll do with those.

Melons - 2 already eaten!!  Fragrant and delicious.  Saved the seeds from the first to ripen.  There are several melons still on the vine.  My understanding is that they won´t ripen once picked, so I´m waiting, even though the first couple had some bad spots.  The ones I have in the kitchen broke free from the vine on their own, so we´ll see.

We have a first ever lemon on the lemon tree!  At least I´m pretty sure it´s a lemon, could be a lime at this stage.  Both trees look happier out of their pots.

One small jar of walnuts pickling.  Both walnut trees had nuts this year, which is a 200% improvement from before.

Other trees:

The two oaks survived the drought, but barely.
One of the two sour cherries survived.
One of the two almonds survived.
Both hazels survived.
Looks to be a mast year, despite the drought.  Acorns are early and abundant and the chestnut trees look loaded.  I hope that doesn´t mean a long cold winter.