Really enjoyed your post @buckaroo, while on break at work.

"We don't have many fruit trees on our homestead. But those we have; fig, pomegranate, lemon, naartjie (tangerine), apricot, peach, guava and a still tiny struggling mango tree, produce rather plentifully."

I smiled at this, as it seems quite a nice and interesting variety! Maybe only one or so of each type?

I grew up in the Mountain West of America and blessed that we owned an old orchard. The previous owner, an elderly gentlemen who built the place, grew every type of fruit that would thrive in that climate - apples, cherries, peaches, apricots, plums, and pears. And many varieties of each fruit. In some cases, he had even successfully grafted more than one variety to the trunk of the tree ...

Very familiar with the birds taking their share, but it just seemed part of the cycle of life. Little can be done to change it. We always enjoyed the various types nesting in the trees (like Robins) or on the ground (like Pheasants) being around. Perhaps our parents took a dimmer view of them, but I have no memory of that.

Thanks for the great post!

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