Peach tree!

Okay, I love growing things.  Mostly tomatoes and herbs in the summer, but this year has brought us a great surprise.  My mother in law gave me a fruit tree for my birthday many years ago.  We thought we found the perfect place in the yard to plant it.   Yes, it grows every year, but in the six (or more?) years that it has been with us, we have had only two peaches.  Theories like we needed another peach tree for cross pollination have been discussed.  After being gone most of May, we came home to discover a tree laden with gorgeous, albeit small peaches.  I can’t wait to see how big they will grow and how they will taste.  Besides raspberries, they are my absolute favorite fruit.

We propped up some very heavy branches yesterday with some 2 x 4s.   Phil added some of his “black gold”, his ever expanding compost matter to the ground around it.   Now, we hope for rain and sunshine and NO bugs to get our all natural crop.  Do you have any great peach recipes you’d like to share?

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