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Neighborhood Jam

26 Tuesday Jun 2012

Posted by Jessica Y in Altadena, Garden

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Altadena, apricot jam, apricots, canning, fruit trees, gardening, sustainable living, urban gardening

The tree from which my apricots came.

I pull up to the house where my daughter is taking swim lessons for the summer. It is the first day. One of the first things I notice is a spectacularly large apricot tree in the front yard, and it is loaded with ripening fruit. At the end of that first lesson, I find myself asking her teacher (whom I just met that day) if I can pick fruit when they are ripe. I come back the following week, fruit picker in hand, and pick enough apricots for two batches of jam. I have so many left over, I offer them up to my fellow RIPE members.

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