the forgotten cumquat tree

after pulling the bins out the front of our house for garbage collection last weekend, Jim came back into the house with a handful of cumquats. he was quite excited about it. he told me he picked them from the cumquat tree at the front of the house which we have somehow forgotten. 

he said there are still loads of half ripen fruit waiting to be picked. the cockatoo mustn't have spotted them or they'd be gone by now. i couldn't believe it. surely i'd be able to see these little gems if there are so many of them!?! 

on our way to check out this forgotten cumquat tree, Jim said to me we should make cumquat jam with the bumper crop we have. 

when we got to the front of the house, i realised why the cockatoos haven't got to the fruits yet. 

turns out, there isn't that many fruits. there are clusters of them dotted here and there but i wouldn't call it 'a bumper crop'. regardless, we put a net over the tree to protect our precious fruits from the cockatoos. 

yes, the plan to make cumquat jam is still on. we might get one jar?!?