I hear ya on brutal summer, I could barely keep up watering like almost every day and everything was still begging for a drink. Can’t tell you how grateful I am to hear the sound of rain right now as I type this, finally had a fair bit just now.
All I’ve got here is acerola, everbearing mulberries, and Jamaica cherries. I’m still waiting on fruit from a lot of my trees tho, so hopefully in the next few years.
I’ve seen some pond apples dropping on the trails. Just tried one the other day, was actually pretty tasty, but all seeds and almost no flesh. Most years the animals eat them before I get chance to find a nice looking one, but I guess I was hiking at the right time this year.