This is how my pomegranates are doing

Several posts ago, I shared with you that my little pomegranate tree was bearing fruit for the first time and had several pomegranates growing on it. But to give you a little background, this tree took more than three years to bear fruit. In fact, we had already cut it down because it had gotten sick, but it grew back healthy and strong, and this time it finally filled with pomegranates.

I should mention that in the area where I live, there have been several days of heavy rain, and as much as I love the rain, the intensity with which it fell was wreaking havoc on my poor pomegranates. Several of them fell from the tree and we lost them forever because they were ripe, but on the other hand, some of them fell and were almost ripe, so they weren't lost because my husband and I ate them.

I can only tell you that they are perfect. Maybe on the outside they seem to have some kind of spots, and I guess that's because of the rain, but inside they are not damaged at all. In fact, even though they weren't completely ripe, and I know that because of the color of the fruit, they were still super sweet and delicious, so I can't imagine how delicious they will be when they are finally completely ripe.

Several more pomegranates have grown on the tree, and I'm surprised by how many there are. In fact, every time I try to count them, I lose count, but I know there are more than 14, which seems like too many to me, even though many of them have fallen. I find it surprising because several neighbors where I live have pomegranate trees, and none of them are like mine. They tend to be more or less tall, and although I've seen them produce quite a few pomegranates, I've never seen as many as mine.

My tree, on the other hand, is not a tree but a bush. It is small and still has thin branches, so I didn't imagine it would bear fruit, let alone so much. Of course, I'm not complaining. I'm happy that they are growing and that they are so delicious. I already plan to look for recipes without the internet to find out what to do with them. The truth is that I find this fruit a bit complicated to prepare other than eating it while spitting out the seeds, but I'm sure there must be some good recipes out there.

For now, the fruit still looks a little green on the outside, but almost all of them have some red spots, which according to the internet indicates that they are about to be ready to eat. I do check every day to make sure that none have fallen, because it makes me very sad when they are lost, but I can only say that it is a process that is making me very happy and I had no idea how happy a bush could make me. and I think that's more than enough for me. Even though everything seems to be going well, I'm still learning about pomegranate trees, and I hope to be an expert one day.