An inquisitive old fart with a camera
Our avocado harvests are always a crapshoot. One year, both trees producing; one year nothing; and this year one producing and one not. This year’s relative paucity has not diminished the appetite of the birds. Before mowing the lawn, I picked up the remains of 19 paltas, probably 10 kilos worth originally.
Two days later, there’s this on the ground. It would have weighed 600-800 grams before the critters.
If I told you I took this photo in the morning, and you had spent any time in Uruguay, you would know what day of the week it was.
Yes, that is one big avocado (aquacate in Mexico; palta here). In fact, our biggest ever (by far). 1,094 grams, or, for those of you who live in Liberia, Myanmar, or the United States, 2 pounds 6-½ ounces.
Nothing more to add.
Decadent! Delicious! And in the toaster oven for lunch the next day 😉
Squash
Yes, that is an avocado I harvested today that weighs 945 grams, or 2 pounds 1.3 ounces.
When we moved to Uruguay in 2009, I planted two avocado trees, which by now are quite large, and producing a bumper crop.
Today we drove a box of them to the organic farm of a German family. We came back with fresh arugula, sweet potatoes, turmeric, leeks, Mandarin oranges, three kinds of squash, and a pomegranate (sweet, we’re promised —the last have been very tart).
I took two avocados (one kilo!) for Syd and his wife. When we returned from the dog walk, there were four fresh-picked grapefruit awaiting me.
From our neighbors behind, we have gotten homemade English muffins, crumpets, and most recently bagels.
I like it!