Pawpaws!

Pickin’ up pawpaws… Well, I didn’t put them in my pocket, but today I picked up two pawpaws that fell from one of the three pawpaw trees in my meadow.

Then I cut one open and ate it!

I wasn’t sure what to expect. The texture has been described as custard-like, and it was indeed smooth, but not overly so. It tasted sort of like papaya (maybe) and was not overly sweet. I have one in the refrigerator and found another one (larger) still on the tree. Now I can try to grow more trees from the seeds! (I grew several persimmon trees from seeds I collected last fall and will plant them soon.)

Since this post is about fruit from the Hollow, here is a photo showing 60% of the harvest from my two small apple trees: