We got home to Pensacola late Saturday night and the first thing I noticed, even though it was dark, were the pears.
I planted this pear tree in my front yard 5 years ago, but the harvests have been underwhelming. I usually get a handful of pears, take a bite and toss them for any number of reasons, but usually worms. 🤮
Well, not this year.
I don't mean to brag, but evidently my pears are the talk of the neighborhood. I discovered this yesterday, while sitting on my porch, staring into space after 5000 miles of October travel. Nearly every one of my neighbors stopped in to welcome us home and discuss the pears.
One guy, I've never met before came by and asked for a few. Of course that's the reason I planted it, so eventually, anybody who needed some pears could come grab a few. Mother Nature is so generous, even when you're off playing cowgirl in Wyoming and ignoring your trees.
I mean check this out!
On Mastery
While I'm obviously a master gardener now, I'm not much of an AI master - not that I want to be.
But it doesn't matter how I feel about AI, it's here and it's what's next and I have a lot to learn.
Tony Robbins is stepping in (as he does) to help me with that.
What's great about Tony is his willingness not just to distill the very best from the very best, but to do it for free. He's doing that this week with his AI Advantage Summit.
Of course, he hardly needs me to promote his event. I'm sharing it because, as Tony says, if you want to master something, get with the masters. He and Dean Graziosi (both masters) spent all last year meeting with AI leaders across industries and have crafted a free training to share their insights.
I've been to many of Tony's trainings. I always get juiced up and learn a lot. So if you want to do the same, you can find out about the AI Advantage Summit here.
It starts Thursday.
Oh and Satsumas too!
I know, I'm as surprised as you are that this year-old Satsuma tree has fruit on it, but you know what's even crazier?
In January of this year, just a few months after Sam planted her in the front yard, we received 9 inches of snow in the Florida Panhandle and it stuck for four days.
Despite thinking the weather forecasters were nuts with that prediction, I found an old comforter and clothespins and wrapped that baby tree up like a mummy. I spoke with my similarly cold-weather capable neighbors - Michiganders and Bostonians - and we scoffed at how cute Florida was being about a wittle-bitty cold.
How's the crow, Erin? Was it delicious?
It happened just like they said it would, and here's the satsuma mummy.
I know what you're thinking.
No, we don't have snowplows or salt trucks in Pensacola, silly. We all just stayed home and walked around talking to our neighbors like it was Covid again. I think a video of a Penscola Public Works crew even went viral after capturing the fellas riding on a tailgate tossing out salt from a bucket. God bless 'em.
The neighborhood kids were at the park trying to sled on their boogie boards, which doesn't really work, and my 85-year-old born and bred neighbor said he'd never seen the likes of it.
Here's his driveway. It was so pretty.
Anyway, I have no reason to share all this, except to say, sometimes you need to wrap a comforter around a thing when there's cold weather coming. It's a loving and hopeful thing to do, and who knows what might happen.
Fertilizer, well ahead of time, helps too.
Have a great week.
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