{"id":145394,"date":"2024-06-20T22:00:42","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T15:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/on-winter-solstice-the-oranges-on-my-tree-reach-their-peak-but-i-always-leave-one-fruit-hanging-past-its-prime-andrew-herrick\/"},"modified":"2024-06-20T22:19:38","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T15:19:38","slug":"on-winter-solstice-the-oranges-on-my-tree-reach-their-peak-but-i-always-leave-one-fruit-hanging-past-its-prime-andrew-herrick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/on-winter-solstice-the-oranges-on-my-tree-reach-their-peak-but-i-always-leave-one-fruit-hanging-past-its-prime-andrew-herrick\/","title":{"rendered":"On winter solstice the oranges on my tree reach their peak \u2013 but I always leave one fruit hanging, past its prime | Andrew Herrick"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nMy back yard companion brings me visual cheer and sweet nourishment, brightening my spirit through another dark season of the soulEach long Melbourne winter I delight in seeing the fruit on our orange tree glow in the back yard as though lit from within. In the looming dusk it\u2019s as if the tree\u2019s stored sunlight is sending a promising message to the waning day: despite the night, tomorrow will come.As the rest of our garden\u2019s deciduous species become skeletal, the leaves of the contrarian Mediterranean sweet navel orange tree remain green and glossy, and its fruit swells and ripens until, at the winter solstice, they reach their sweet delicious peak.Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Continue reading…
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