As I was sitting on the screen porch today enjoying a warm Sunday afternoon, I noticed the plum tree in the kitchen garden leaning to the right side, as if very heavy.  So I had to see for myself…..could it be that this plum tree, that I planted 6 years ago finally has fruit on it ?

I didn’t want to get my hopes up . Last year after it had an extensive blooming period dropped it’s fruit in April during the sub-zero temperatures.

When I arrived in the kitchen garden I was met with hundreds of unrippened plums on the tree. It will be an incredbile harvest of Italian plums. So excited am I that I will leave all of you with a poem about plums.

This is just to Say   by William Carlos Williams

I have eaten

the plums

taht were in

the icebox

and which

you were probably

saving

for breakfast

Forgive me

they were delicious

So sweet

and so cold.