By residential I mean the fruits that grow at homes in our town.
Early days yet for the fruits to mature, but some fruitful sights in our valley.
Almost anything can grow in this area, as the soil is very good. Not only citrus but even nuts of all kinds. The squirrels have planted two new avocado trees in our garden, and they are growing well. Now, avocado trees are too big for us to grow here, so as soon as the two avocado trees are ready, we will uplift them and take them to my wife's aunt's place, as they have a very large property and we also have a few other trees that are growing there. We don't like to buy avocados in the shops, as the fruit has been frozen for a long time and this affects the taste so much that it tastes like water. Fresh butter avocados have a special taste that is destroyed by freezing.
These are papayas, and you will see how happy this tree is by its abundant and healthy fruits.
Just look at that, and that's what I call abundant fruits.
Imagine plucking a ripe fruit for breakfast every morning.
Then I have two shots below at another home with some guava fruit.
Do you know what this upside-down flower is?
Yeah, you are right, it is a banana flower, as you can see.
Finally, just a bit of a wider look at the bunch of bananas. I was a bit squashed for space, as I stood on a narrow wooden bridge and I could not get a fuller shot of it. But I think you can see that the flower below is a banana flower.
Like I said, anything can grow here, and up far north in the country we have many banana, mango, and litchi tree farms. Just a tip, we never buy fruit that is sold at the roadsides, simply because we can never know if it is stolen fruit. We have syndicates here that can clear many trees at night, and then they get the people to repack the fruit and to sell them at the roadsides. It is a similar situation in this country, as syndicates are also responsible for the decimation of the wildlife, plants, and sea life that they sell on the black market. But I digress. Let me rather say that fruit at the homes is protected and only occasionally some of the fruit will disappear. I, myself, have to plead guilty for nicking some oranges on my way home from school, but it was not to sell them, as I ate them:))
Such is life.
I hope you enjoyed the pictures and the story.
Photos by Zac Smith. All-Rights-Reserved.
Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.
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