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Land of Plenty

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Guess what I’ve been doing in between trying to get  photos of Crispin helping himself to the nuts on our two trees.

It’s that time of year when everywhere you look there is work to do, but you know you’ll be glad you did it later.

The squirrels have been working hard to clean out the nut trees, and I finally decided I should go out there and seriously pick up the fallen nuts, and shake the trees to get more of them down. The pears, apples, and plums are a bonus (from their own trees, of course). May we never go hungry.

 

Harvest time is very fine,

Though my grapes won’t turn to wine,

Could it be that I’ve been grazing,

Eating all the grapes? Amazing!

 

But the hazelnuts are here,

Glad that they don’t disappear,

Good to know the squirrels will share,

There’s enough and some to spare.

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37 thoughts on “Land of Plenty

  1. Lynette d'Arty-Cross's avatar

    So fantastic to have all that bounty from your garden and hazelnuts are delicious! Make no wonder the squirrels love to hang out at your place.

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  2. Kajal's avatar

    Those look appealing!

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  3. Writing to Freedom's avatar

    Yummy! I would love to have fruit and nut trees.

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  4. Klausbernd's avatar

    We always like your funny poems, dear Anneli.
    WOW, so many nuts. We drown in apples, and as all our neighbours do as well, we compost them. For us, it was a brilliant year for figs – but we have to be quicker than the birds.
    All the best
    The Fab Four of Cley
    🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

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  5. Grant at Tame Your Book's avatar

    Looking forward to the pics as the critters enjoy the abundance. Thanks, Anneli!

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  6. Ursula's avatar

    It is so nice to have all those goodies from the garden. Lots of work but it´s worthwhile. Nice pictures and a fun poem written by a poet.

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    • wordsfromanneli's avatar

      So right! I complain and sometimes wonder what I was thinking, to have planted all those fruit trees so long ago, but then when the work is done, I’m thankful for the fruit and nuts we can enjoy all winter. Maybe I’m part squirrel!

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  7. kagould17's avatar

    Always nice to get a good autumn harvest. Happy Thursday Anneli. Allan

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  8. Jacqui Murray's avatar

    What does one do with hazelnuts? Do I remember butter from them?

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  9. John's avatar

    Such a big harvest, just nutty! ❤️

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  10. Mags Win's avatar

    That is a lot of nuts. Nice poem. I like that the squirrels are there to help with your bounty of nuts. Hugs

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  11. Carol Balawyder's avatar

    Wow, that’s a lot of nuts. Imagine the squirrels getting a hold of your loot, Anneli!

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  12. Kiki's avatar

    anneli, this is a wonderful story – thank you for sharing it. All the squirrels and birds in your neck of the woods seem to be happy too, hence they are willing to share ‘their’ food with you 😉 great little poem to go with the hard work

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  13. Lori's avatar

    Thems a lotta nuts! Forgive my ignorance, did I read in your comments that they are hazelnuts?

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  14. D. Wallace Peach's avatar

    You have some nutty trees! How wonderful… but work, yes. I do enjoy my small bit of living off the land. It’s rewarding. Picking apples this afternoon. 🙂

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  15. Unknown's avatar

    When we had our house in France, we had at least 10 nut trees. There, the squirrels are the native red ones. They’re smaller than the grey, but enjoyed the nuts just as much. In the UK our native squirrels have largely been ousted by the introduced greys, except for a few small pockets.

    We also had a lot if fruit trees–apples, pears, plums and raspberries. We made apple juice and I made apple chutney. Maybe Klausbernd could try that? But I admit that many of ours fed the birds, butterflies and wasps.

    I love your poem,too, Anneli.

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    • wordsfromanneli's avatar

      I’m sorry to hear that the gray squirrels are becoming so prolific because they are killing off our little red squirrels. They are spreading over Vancouver Island and taking over. Sad to see this. Glad to hear you liked the poem – my bit of fun.

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