Lindsey Kuper
Oh fuck yeah. Look at this little fruitling. #stonefruitsummer is COMING, baby
Apr 5 at 2:47amWeb
Show threadLindsey Kuper3d ago

Sometimes, food grows in my yard, basically without any involvement from me. I can't get over how great this is.

I don't think anyone even intentionally planted this tree! It was here when we moved in back in 2021, and it looks like it might have been a volunteer from the neighbor's much larger but otherwise similar-looking plum tree that hangs over the fence. Last year was, as far as we could tell, the first time it produced fruit. It only produced about ten plums, but they were delicious.

Show threadLindsey Kuper3d ago
The most normal thing in the world, a thing that's been happening for half a billion years, is so awe-inspiring to me. A miracle. In my yard.
Show threadDougMerritt (log😅 = 💧log😄)3d ago
@lindsey
Even had you planted and nurtured it lovingly, it would still be a miracle that it was doing well and fruiting. ;)
Show threadLindsey Kuper3d ago
@dougmerritt given my track record, that'd be even more of a miracle
Show threadI Can't Believe It's Not Zero!3d ago
@lindsey Jen’s parents had an accidental pear tree by the street (probably from a core someone littered), that grew great despite zero care at all, and just when it finally fruited the electric line maintenance people cut it down for being in their right-of-way. 😭
Show threadLindsey Kuper2d ago
@steve noooooooo
Show threadPaul Hoffman3d ago
@lindsey If you're feeling particularly fruity, I have a friend who likes to do grafting. When I visited her earlier this week, she was adding grafts to a neighbor's stone fruit trees. The result is a tree that gives different fruits over a longer season. (My back yard has never been very successful for any kind of fruit other than lemons...)
Show threadLindsey Kuper2d ago
@paulehoffman Yeah, we have an orange tree that appears to be a graft right onto the top of some other kind of citrus tree with differently-shaped leaves. We had to buy that one, though!
Show threadHey Gus3d ago

@lindsey here I am planting food in my yard like a total sucker.

But seriously, our last house I was constantly battling new cherry and pear trees. All the critters did a great job of pooping food plants into my yard.