Day 3,914: Peer

Our plum tree is ripening right now. Last year was the first year it actually bore fruit, and they weren’t very good. Kind of tasteless. But this year, already I can tell they’re going to be much better. I wonder if it’s because the tree is just maturing into an adult, or if it’s because the weather is slightly different this year—it seems to be hot right now as its ripening, whereas I don’t think that was the case last year—or if it has to do with how we trimmed it down this spring so it’s less...