Permaculturing in Portugal » plums http://permaculturinginportugal.net/blog One family's attempts to live in a more planet-friendly way Thu, 17 May 2012 11:03:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Ripeness http://permaculturinginportugal.net/blog/ripeness/ http://permaculturinginportugal.net/blog/ripeness/#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:15:08 +0000 Wendy http://permaculturinginportugal.net/blog/?p=805 Can’t help but wax lyrical about this, but we’re really enjoying the experience of eating juicy warm sun-ripened fruit fresh off our own trees and bushes. There’s a vast difference between the vibrancy in a fresh ripe plum or peach that’s reached the peak of perfection while still being very much alive and attached to the tree, and the teetering-on-the-brink-of-decay ripeness (if you’re lucky enough to get it to ripen before it goes mouldy) of fruit purchased in your average supermarket.

Plums growing on the quinta

Plums

Peaches

Peaches

We did get to enjoy some of our peaches last year, but this year there’s been both more rain and more work on irrigation on our part. As a result, the trees have been much less water-stressed and the fruit is much better.

]]> http://permaculturinginportugal.net/blog/ripeness/feed/ 6 The posts that got away … No 5. Ripening fruit http://permaculturinginportugal.net/blog/the-posts-that-got-away-no-5-ripening-fruit/ http://permaculturinginportugal.net/blog/the-posts-that-got-away-no-5-ripening-fruit/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:09:56 +0000 Wendy http://www.permaculturinginportugal.net/blog/?p=472 Ripening grapes

Grapes

Ripening chestnuts

Chestnuts

Ripening plums

Plums

Ripening nectarines

Nectarines

Ripening apples

Apples

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