Pear Promise

This is a picture of the pear tree a month or so ago.  The tree itself is probably at least 15 feet high and has quite a few pears getting ripe on it.  This spring we cut down a maple tree that was planted too close to it to help it get more sunshine.  It was hard cutting that maple tree down but we knew it would eventually shade the pear so that it wouldn't bear any more fruit.

This isn't the best picture but you can see the pear tree to the left of the basket ball hoop.

It is getting close to harvest time now.  Last year I was able to harvest some but we had to fight the bees for what we did get.  We ate a couple and made pear butter out of the rest.  I didn't realize that they were an early ripening variety last year but now that I know, we are hoping to beat the bees to them and get a little better harvest.  Check back for my pear butter recipe....coming soon!