local ferments

These crab apples are very likely fermented by now. They have been on the tree since last autumn. Very soon the cedar waxwings will show up in quantity and feast on these seasonal delicacies. It is said that the birds actually get tipsy, and will sometimes even fall over from drunkeness. I have never seen it myself, although I have seen the trees loaded with migrating flocks of waxwings. Perhaps this year will be the year!

crabapples over-wintered on the tree (Malus)