APRICOTS!

It's harvestime people! Our trees have exploded this year for the first time and we're having fun with it!

Other people have noticed our "good fortune" too. A neighbor stopped by the other day and said "I notice you have some fruit on your trees. Mind if I have some?" One of our trees hangs over the sidewalk, so thinking he was on a walk and would like to pick himself a little snack, I said "sure! Help yourself!"

The dude came back with his wife, a 10 foot ladder, tons of Safeway bags and a bucket to hang on his belt. THEY WENT TO TOWN. Like a buzzsaw, they completely stripped the tree clean on the street side. The wife rang my doorbell and said "it's ok if we access the backyard?" I said "no, no, please don't go into the yard". "Oh.... no? Really? ok....."

What the crap people? You were going to take the entire tree? There are 2 more trees in the back that can't be seen from the street. They would have peed themselves if they'd seen them!

They were nice enough to bring a jar of jam and a jar of preserves OF MY OWN APRICOTS. So nice.

Meanwhile, we've enjoyed trying lots of different recipes:

Apricot pie

The stolen jam and preserves

Apricot crisp

The nut

Found out it can have cancer-fighting qualities!

Tastes a little like an almond

Apricot cobbler

not pictured:

*Apricot Chicken

*Dehydrated Apricots

*Apricot Milkshakes-tastes like the Chick-Fil-A peach ones!!

*Apricot smoothies

*Apricot Salsa

Of course we've eaten TONS just raw, right off the tree. We're getting to the end, but I think we've picked close to 800 per tree!