Sunday, November 01, 2009

Persimmon Festival in Afton, VA

We decided the Persimmon Festival at Edible Landscaping was a good excuse to drive down to Charlottesville and enjoy the foliage along the way. It was very cloudy and drizzly all weekend, but the leaves were nice anyway.


It was fun to tour Edible Landscaping after seeing their catalog for years.


We ate lots of persimmons -- and brought home two trees, including a 2-foot-tall version of this gorgeous variety, Tecumseh.


In 15 years it might look like this: