…make, uh, pomegranate juice?
As I may have mentioned, our big pomegranate tree didn’t survive the Big Freeze of Ought Eleven. We discussed digging it up and planting something else, but then noticed a very healthy and vigorously growing batch of shoots coming up from the base of the dead tree. We decided to let nature run its course and see if the plant would grow into a healthy shrub (until the next big cold snap, of course).
Growing up in Fort Stockton, the only pomegranate plants I saw were bushes…they were never pruned into trees. And we’ve noticed several around town that are of the shrubbery persuasion. So, we’re gonna let the little guy do its thing and perhaps in a couple of years, it will again be providing some beautiful fruit.
It has a ways to go, though:
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