Toss a pit, get a tree

Earlier this year, we discovered a tree had taken root in our backyard in the same spot where we have tossed our fruit and veggie matter to compost in the soil year after year. After several months we noticed little fuzzy fruits on it and couldn't quite figure out if it was avocado or something else until just recently after the massive rainy season ended and one day, boom! There were about 30 or more little fuzzy peaches growing.

Here's a shot of a few of them last week.



There are even more now. I've never done a thing to this tree except water it and stare in amazement at how Nature took its course. Yesterday I felt a bit motherly toward it and took off a bit of the lower branches which were drying out and pulling the tree down. I could almost hear a faint "ahhhh, thanks that feels better..." just after I finished and gave it a good watering.

Trees are some of my favorite beings on this planet.