収穫する季節の到来・・・枇杷と梅が豊作

　今年は梅と枇杷が大豊作です。特に、梅は枝が折れそうなくらい垂れ下がっており、私は下から竹の棒で支えてます。梅の木の下には半日陰を利用して牡丹と日本シャクナゲがあり、梅の枝が折れたら、これらの大切な植物も傷ついてしまうでしょう。

　推定１０００個ほど生ってる梅の実は1週間後に娘たち家族が来て誕生会するので、日中、全員ですべて捥ぐ予定です。写真はほんの一部です。一方、枇杷は１０年ほど前に植えた「長崎クイーン」という品種が育ち、もうちょっとで収穫できそうです。こちらは食べ頃になったら早く捥がないと野鳥が狙ってます。昨年、私は枇杷酒を作り、今でも時々飲んでます。

　ところで、実が熟す季節が半年ほど異なり、冬に生る「金柑」は現在も１日５個程食してます。これらの果物は太陽エネルギー、雨、そして土のみで自然に生ります。消毒剤や除草剤を一切使ってないので、安心して食べられます。

　この他の果物は柿の木があり、これは父が植えたもので昔からあります。今春、新たに幼木を２本植えたので、８年後には実るでしょう。品種名は「太秋」と「富有」です。近未来、柿沼家の柿を食べにいらして下さい。なお、梅がご入用の方はすでに収穫期ですから、捥ぎに来てください。プレゼントします。

Dear my friends abroad

　This year, I have a bumper crop of plums and loquats. In particular, the plums are drooping so much that their branches look like they might break, so I'm supporting them from below with bamboo pole. Under the plum tree, there are peonies and Japanese rhododendrons, which take advantage of the partial shade, and if the plum branches break, these precious plants will also be damaged.

　The estimated more than 1,000 plums are growing. My daughters and their families will visit here in a week for a birthday party, so they plan to pick the plums all together during the daytime. The photos are just a few of them. Meanwhile, the loquat variety "Nagasaki Queen", which was planted about 10 years ago, is growing and will be ready to harvest soon. If I don't pick them quickly when they are ripe, wild birds will be after them. Last year, I made loquat wine, and I still drink it as an aperitif occasionally.

　By the way, because the ripening seasons are about six months earlier, I still eat about five kumquats a day, which grow in winter. These fruits grow naturally with only solar energy, rain, and soil. No disinfectants or herbicides are used by me, so I can eat them without anxiety.

　Other fruits include persimmon trees, which were planted by my late father a long time ago. This spring, I planted two new young trees, which should bear fruit in eight years. The varieties are "Taishu" and "Fuyu." Please come and try to taste the Persimmon family's persimmons in the near future. By the way, if you would like plums, it already have a harvester, so please come and pick some. I will give you some as gift.

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