This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Fresh.’ See more responses here.
Here’s a weekly ritual of mine these days. There are two tangerine trees on the property and they constantly churn out fruit. I rarely see the flowers, though I did eventually notice that they do exist (here).
Each week, I pick a small bucket of ripe fruit. Often I can just reach up an pick enough for my needs. Sometimes I use a ladder and rake to snag the higher fruits. Then I take my bounty inside and juice it. I use a hand juicer; I tried a powered one, but it didn’t really work for me. It doesn’t take long to fill my jar. This time I used 29 tangerines, but the number varies from week to week depending on how ripe they are and how juicy.
I could juice them daily for truly fresh juice, but this still tastes pretty good to me.
Also posted in response to this month’s Becky’s Squares challenge theme of ‘Odd.’ See more responses here.
Graham's Island 
Nothing better than fresh juice!
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Yes, I’m enjoying it more than I thought I would initially.
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Wonderful Graham. A productive tree is a bonus in the garden 🙂
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It is a bit of a luxury.
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oh how wonderful to have your own tangerine trees – are they like oranges and flower at the same time they fruit?
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The odd thing about these trees is that in the years I’ve lived here I’ve only seen a few flowers. I think it’s because they’re small and appear to orient themselves towards the sun. Parts must flower while there’s fruit on the tree though, because I have a new batch of fruit already growing.
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How wonderful it never stops!
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Obviously, those trees are happy in their location 🙂
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They must be. One tree is loaded with a new batch coming through even while I’m harvesting ripe fruit from it.
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Wow, how lovely
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Yes it is, and the trees just seem to produce constantly.
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Such luxury. I think of tangerines as being so much more precious than oranges. They’re smaller, sweeter and less prolific. Growing up, I remember buying them from roadside stands while traveling through a particular part of the island (Jamaica). They looked just like yours – as does your juice. We never had enough to make juice though, they were gobbled up too quickly!
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It is pretty nice just being able to pick fruit off the tree. I like the tangerine juice because it’s sweet, but has a little tartness to set it off. One time I picked some tangerines that weren’t as ripe as I thought and the tartness rather overwhelmed everything.
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It’s the balance of sweetness & tartness that makes it special 🙂
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Yes, it is.
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Oh, I’m so jealous of your gorgeous tangerine trees, Graham! Fresh indeed. Juice is so healthy and refreshing and even makes a great water infusion.
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The trees themselves are a bit ratty, but they produce a ton of fruit.
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