Good apricots?
These are the drops
They came from this tree behind the kitchen
Beautiful drops
They are the most golden and juicy
Fruit alchemy - drops become Apricot, Orange, Lavender Jam
On our tall apricot tree, the best fruit comes from the drops that the birds nibble and knock to the ground for us to collect. We have been doing a lot of preserving this summer and I have come to realize the preciousness of the fruit given to us by our trees. The drops happen to be the sweetest, ripest, best fruit on the tree. I collected all of them throughout the day in a large bowl, checking them to make sure they were not on the ground for too long – if they were you could sense a slight fermenting smell. Then I cleaned them all and cut off the mangled spots – which went to our chickens. After a bit of fruit alchemy, we had a batch of Quail Springs Apricot, Orange, Lavender Jam. Because of the perfect sweetness of the fruit we didn’t need to add sugar . . . just pure fruit and herbs.
