January to March of this year have been pretty cruel or vicious wherever you may be in the world now. April has arrived with most of us under quarantine to arrest the spread of Covid-19. And so I thought is was but appropriate to start the month of April with something positive not in the Covid-19 sense but in terms of something more pleasant. In this case, it is about life in the form of the mangoes provided by the our tree at home.
Our mango tree is very generous this year and I think its mainly due to the favorable weather. Of course, there was a little nudge when we had a barbecue as part of the 6th birthday celebration of our daughter last January. The smoke from the chicken inasal grill practically triggered the flowering of the tree and surely eradicated much of the insects that tend to inhibit the flowers from becoming fruits.
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| The first pick was practically hinog sa puno (ripe from the tree). I took the photo beside another, which is low hanging, that we will probably be picking in the next few days. |
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| A view of the upper parts of the tree reveal more mangoes developing. The strong winds have knocked off many of these fruits but more remain and we are optimistic about a nice harvest soon. |
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