After the Girl and I woke up from our naps yesterday we played with Lucy the Puggle Dog in the backyard. At one point she wandered off and when she returned, she had her mouth wrapped around a giant pear. It took us a minute to realize where she had found it.
“The pear tree! The pears must be ripe.” I said to The Girl.
We hurried inside and grabbed a few bowls and then headed back out to the tree.
Last year we harvested 7 or 8 pears and thought that was kind of a big deal, so this years harvest seemed like a bumper crop to us. Especially since we planted our Anjou pear tree just 5 years ago.
We ended up harvesting just over 46 pounds of pears.
I couldn’t think of a nicer “welcome home” gift.
It’s good to be back. 🙂
~Mavis
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PattyB says
Wow. I planted my pear tree this year along with 2 apple trees. Guess I’ll have to wait a few more years. sigh.
Patty P says
When we moved into our house we were delighted that the former owners were very “produce” minded…we are still enjoying their hard work of planting dozens and dozens of fruit and nut trees! I have found that in the eight years that we have been at our property, the amount of fruit we are harvesting is the heartiest this year. I love all of the fresh fruit…but I fear that it means we may have a super hard winter (I live in the northeast, in NY…right near the Great Lakes). I’ve been canning and freezing like a madwoman…taking what I can when I can get it! Many of our trees are so weighted down by fruit this year that I have had to brace the branches so they don’t break! Good luck with figuring out what to do with your 46 lbs of pears!!! I’ll be looking for suggestions as to what to do with mine! {By the way….I love looking thru your recipes for new ideas for canning!!!}
Dawn says
Crazy! That sounds wonderful. I live in a rental house, which has a nice yard, but I’m not going to plant a tree, only to find that I don’t live here long enough to enjoy it! Bummer…
Mary G says
I’m curious how many fruit trees you have and how much space you have set aside for them. I’ve got some nice berry plants going (raspberry, strawberry, blackberry, and blueberry), but I want to plant some fruit trees. I’m in New England, so I know some varieties of apples and pears would probably do well. That’s an impressive harvest! I really like to see the pictures of Lucy in your garden–I’m not sure she could be any cuter. 🙂
Heidi P says
Awesome! I put in two pear trees this year. Guess I have a bit of a wait to get any fruit.
I went out into my garden this morning to find many many many of my tomatoes have ripened over the last 24+/- hours. Woohoo. I’m not sure what to do with them all. Any suggestions?
PattyB says
Simple easy tomato paste: wash, dry tomatoes, put on cookie sheet and pop in freezer. When ready to make the sauce, thaw, slip off skins, and drain off the tomato juice. Save the juice. Whirl the tomatoes in food processor. Put in containers of your choice and freeze. Voila!
Heidi P says
Thank you so much for the suggestion. My recipe calls for 4 dozen tomatoes to make paste. I won’t have that many until tomorrow or the next day. Freezing them first sounds easy easy easy! You’re a lifesaver…..or more like a tomato saver 🙂
Angie Lawrence says
Now then Mavis! Does that 46lbs INCLUDE the one eaten by Lucy? (i.e. did you weigh her after eating the pear and subtract her original weight from that total?) Enquiring minds etc etc 😀
Mavis Butterfield says
Ha! No, I didn’t we weigh Lucy or her pear core. 😉
Katie C. says
I think Lucy was probably snacking on pears the whole time you were gone…maybe you had closer to 75 lbs???
Mavis Butterfield says
I agree!
Nancy D says
Don’t forget that FANTASTIC recipe for carrot cake jam you posted last year! I made several batches for gifts and it was a big hit! Those are beautiful pears. Congratulations on more growing success! (P.S. I think you should guesstimate how many eggs the hens laid while you were gone and add them to your total!)
Jules says
Yay! You made it home and your garden was still alive and green!!