Sitting at my computer, sipping coffee (with French Vanilla Coffee-mate), gazing out my window thinking of the fruit trees --

Cherry tree is all green leaves (cherries only lasted a about a two weeks, no more until next June).

Pomegranate tree is no longer full of orange blossoms, it now has fruit producing. But won't be ready until late August early September.

Lemon tree is still producing lemons. I pick them when I can and freeze the fresh squeezed lemon juice. Amazing how it produces even during the winter months.

Plum trees are producing tons of plump, juicy plums. I eat a few each day, but am "plumed-out" from last year (still have plum jelly and a couple 2-gal bags in freezer from last year).

White grapes on the arbor are doing well. I really like it since we trimmed the vines to a 30-foot section of fencing by the arbor. Still need to remove wild growing grape vines by the south fencing. Anyone want free grape vines? Contact me and you can come and dig them up. Otherwise, they are going in the green barrel. Again, still have jelly and frozen grapes from last year. Frozen grapes make neat little snacks, but one can only eat so many grapes over time…. LOL.

Concord grapes are doing marvelous!! Last fall I wove one scrawny 5-foot vine (from neighbors’ side of fence) along the fence line and now it is filling out and is producing ten times more grapes that I got last year. (I only got a couple handfuls of concords last year.)

Pecan and almond trees are a moot point. They produce lots of nuts, but the birds get to them before we can. In my opinion, they are only good for shade trees.

Looks like we will not have a garden this year; we never rented the rototiller to work up the ground. Oh well! Guess I will just keep the grass and weeds cut (mostly weeds) during the coming months and hope for a garden next year.