loquat

An interesting part of the process, too, is learning fruit that I didn’t know about, like loquats and pink peppercorn.

It takes precision to harness so much abundance; raising the house to save the sibipiruna, for instance, meant inserting tiers in the terrain to avoid girdling the roots of pre-existing loquats and phoenix palms.

Though Rincon doesn’t care for the loquat tree that grows in a corner of the property, she keeps watering it because her neighbors love the fruit.

“I don’t need a poll to tell me about the community needs,” she said, looking at her family’s loquat tree.

The street, whose parkways are dotted with loquat trees, is a few blocks from York Boulevard, one of Highland Park’s main drags.