The Kara-Buura garden

notes that grow slowly, about a valley I left and keep going back to

Last apples

budding · planted 2026-10 · tended 2026-10

The last apples are picked: 41 kilos from the one old tree by the gate, the ones Granny calls "winter", hard as stones until January. The bazaar price is 3 som, so it is not for the money. We store them in the cellar on straw, one layer, not touching.

In December I will bring one to my aunt in Kyzyl-Adyr and she will bring out the tea. That is the whole system. See also Going back in August.