About six months ago, we got a visit from our landlord. He oohed and aahed over our new garden spaces, and we all took a tour around the property. After examining a seemingly on-its-way-out tree, he remembered that it had once fruited apricots! He speculated that it hadn’t produced in thirty years, so we were welcome to cut it down to make space for something else.
Sure glad we didn’t heed that advice, because a couple of months ago, we were graced with hundreds of tiny beautiful blossoms, the sign of things to come:
And a few weeks ago, they came. Tons of quickly ripening apricots. If we could beat the birds, they were all ours!
Apricots for breakfast, apricots for lunch, and soon thanks to my new book, apricots in ice cream!
Eating the Garden 
That’s so neat that you were able to nurse the tree back to fruition. I’m sure the birds are happy too! I love slightly under ripe apricots (well, actually all fruits, I love tartness). That picture also gives us a birdseye view of the new tub 🙂
Can’t wait to see what you make using those beautiful apricots. I made your Rice Casserole and the Chard and Ricotta Manicotti for friends this week and they were incredibly impressed! Great work – I love your blog! XOXO