A very beautiful and informative post. Makes me want to go down into my garden and plant something. Unfortunately I'm miles away from what you know and do.

We bought a 300 year old house here in Germany a few years ago. Still spending a lot of time getting it into shape ;-) One of the first things we did, was to plant some trees. I'm normally allergic to apples (from the supermarket), so we found a place who still grows old species (is that the right word?)... trees of a kind that have been around for several hundred years.

When I saw the first apples on our own trees, it seemed like a true miracle and when I could finally bite in an apple again without almost choking to death, I felt like in heaven... so, sometimes it doesn't seem to take much, to be happy :-)

Of course, I don't want to forget, to thank you for your generous appreciation of my post "What is Hinterglas". Your upvote is very encouraging! Thank you very much for that.

Wishing you a wonderful summer and a rich harvest :-)