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Fruit Trees and Togetherness

When the trees bear fruit, We can all benefit, Even the unfit, As backyard fruit, Becomes the talk of the Street, As there is more than enough for all to eat. People who don't normally come out of their shell, Find they have fruit to give, not sell, Word gets out, and bags full of fruit to give, not sell, Find their way out the gate to make more than one new pal. Can someone tell the developers to leave the fruit trees? And ask the architects to consider the birds and bees, When deciding whether to allow some space for some trees, As we all want to smell some fruit in the breeze, And have others to tease about the size of the fruit on their trees, As we stand together to listen to the sound of the birds and bees, And togetherness is celebrated when the fruit ripens on the trees.

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Date: 10/17/2022 7:37:00 PM
We had an apricot tree once Fruited for a week over Xmas, All gone by time we returned Most delicious sweet fruit. Next time will get a tree that fruits later.
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Date: 10/2/2022 2:59:00 AM
Yes fresh, ripe fruit, sometimes difficult to find in supermarkets now. Trees a tricky one, so much stuff underground neighbours complain of leaves, Some suburbs now have comunity storeboxes for giving excess free.
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David Smith
Date: 10/17/2022 4:40:00 PM
We have five peach trees, and a nectarine and lemon, pear. want to get an apricot. took 30 years to get soil right. We compost everything. Thanks for reading. During Covid lock down garden kept us sane. Also think gardeners live longer. Best regards David in NZ

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