Pomegranate harvest

 We have a pomegranate tree in our back yard that has been giving us really beautiful fruit this season. It's been so nice, the tree is right outside the baby's window. A few months ago, there were tiny blossoms on the branch that touches her window. Then the leaves all turned bright yellow and made a golden glow through her whole room. Now, the tree is covered in heavy red fruit and bright green leaves. Some of the fruit is so ripe it has split and all the little seeds are showing. It attracts a lot of birds which is good for us, and I'm sure it's good for the tree. 

We've never really done anything with our pomegranates before, but when Joe and Dana saw them they were really excited. We harvested everything that was ripe and ate a whole bunch. What we couldn't eat, we opened up and got all the sweet seeds out of. They were so pretty. Some are kind of pale, but they're still very sweet and they make a really cool color with the bright red ones. 

We got several quarts of seeds (like a large popcorn bowl full) and now we're thinking of what to do with them. I think we'll juice them, then we can make pomegranate martinis, pomegranate margaritas, or pomegranate jelly (not going to happen).  We'll also throw them on our salads since the lettuce bed is doing so well now. It's grown enough that I think we could probably eat salad every night now and not hurt the plants. Yum. 

There's something so cool about eating food out of your own yard, isn't there? It's more than just eating free food, it feels like an accomplishment. It feels homey. It tastes delicious.