Planted Aronia (a small berry-producing fruit tree of the rose family native to North America)

Aronia—have you heard of it?

In our home, flowers often wither (lol), but
trees grow very well🌳

We have two flower beds, but
the things that have grown well in both aretrees🌹

One of them isAronia*
I bought it and planted it over 10 years ago when it was 30cm tall, but
now it's over 2 meters tall, and I'm cutting it back quite a bit🪚

In spring, flowersbloom, andin summer, fruitgrows.The color and shape are about the size of
large blueberries, butbecause they are hard, I never even thought
that they could be eaten.

*A small berry-producing fruit tree of the rose family native to North America

Three or four years ago, someone I had asked for
catering
(cooking individually → delivering to the house for a certain amount or more)

"What do you usually do with these?"

When they asked me,

"They arefor ornamental purposes.
They grow in large quantities every year."

When I told them that,

"What?! That's a waste!
They are highly nutritiousand you can eat them.
They are native to North Americafruit,
and they are expensive to buy!"

they said.

"Do you want them?
If you'd like,
would you like to take some?"

When I asked,I want them!

Then...
a few days later, theysweetly simmered Aroniafrom the top image
and kindly delivered it to me.

Since then, what I have been making every year is
a simple juice.
Harvest → wash with water → to remove the astringency,
add lemon juiceand boil in plenty of water →
add sugar → it's delicious hot, but
it's also good chilled and drunk as iced tea, ormixed with carbonated water

A verysimple healthy juice (lol)

Harvesting is alsoquite a large amountso it's tough, so
I have my children do it as
a 'favor' lol

It's a shame to think I've been throwing them away for about 10 years...
After making juice, I return the fruit to the flower bed
as fertilizer (lol)
Super sustainable ♻

This year I also planted some in another flower bed
Faintly hoping a second one will grow...

By the way, my family doesn't want to drink it,
so I'm drinking it alone lol

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