topic Re: 🍑 PEACHES 🍑 in Garden

🍑 PEACHES 🍑

cheriere — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 15:04:22 GMT

I can't recall a year our regular Peach trees have produced so many! We've had to prop the branches around our trees so they wouldn't break off! I'm sorry I've had to cut the pictures down so much, but it wouldn't accept the file sizes.

These are not the white peaches behind the house, but two regular peach trees from the front yard. Looks like I'll have some good cobblers and a lot of work preparing them to freeze.😃🍑🍑

Do you eat a peach with the skin or peeled most often?

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cindyNC — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 14:08:51 GMT

What will you do with all of them?

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We rescue cats — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 14:09:21 GMT

They look luscious!!! I love the smell of fresh peaches. Enjoy!

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goldensrbest — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 14:09:32 GMT

Wow, you sure have so many garden items.

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cheriere — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 14:17:40 GMT

@cindyNC wrote:
What will you do with all of them?

Honestly, I know I'll have to give some away. My aunt loves to freeze them too. I'll probably pick enough for her so she can have some fresh cobbler and store some too.

If you all lived close by, I'd surely offer you some.😃❤️

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jlkz — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 14:17:42 GMT

@cheriere

Beautiful crop of peaches !

When we bought our home there were a number of pear, apple and hazelnut trees.

After a few years, we had bushels of pear from the pear tree...it was as though it was in overdrive. It died the next year.

The hazelnut shrub produced buckets of nuts...we had to put them in boxes with a free sign out front ! It heralded the end of the hazelnut.

I hope the plentiful harvest isn't a precursor of a problem !

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cheriere — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 14:20:32 GMT

@goldensrbest wrote:
Wow, you sure have so many garden items.

Tell me about it lol.😂

Thats why I haven't been able to post a lot these past couple weeks. Between the garden and taking mom to appointments, I'm killed!
Today, my dad is cutting up some of the cabbage to can chow chow. It's a mixture of vinegar, spices, chopped cabbage and peppers. The whole house smells like it.

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cheriere — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 14:26:38 GMT

@jlkz

Thank you 😃❤️

Sounds like you've had your fair share of established fruit trees too. I've never had a hazelnut tree, but we've had all the others my whole life. I can remember helping plant some of our pear trees and start our grape vines even as a little girl. We always have walnuts every year too.

We've had a lot of peaches before, but usually it isn't so hot so fast here. This year, we didn't have much of a winter at all. Luckily, there were really no heavy frosts since the beginning of March. That's usually what stops the fruit for that year.

However, I do have one of my cherry trees that's got some kind of fungus on its trunk. it had a lot of cherries, but I can tell this one is in for trouble.

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BlueFinch — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 14:48:19 GMT

I'd love to be your neighbor, just to walk through your gardens and grab a peach, too. You wouldn't miss just one, lol. This tree is really showing off for you this year.

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cheriere — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 14:50:31 GMT

@BlueFinch

I wish you were my neighbor. I'd welcome you to pick anything you want.😃❤️

We always put out more than we can eat and I sure don't like seeing anything go to waste.

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GingerHead — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 14:56:39 GMT

@cheriere

You have quite the gardens and crops! Wowzers, those peaches are glorious! Yummmm. Peaches and nectarines are like candy for me.

We want to move to a property, hopefully soon where we can have gardens. We live on some property (over 2 acres) but it's on a hill and covered in large/shady trees which I love but I also want an area for gardens with more land and privacy. Hard to find here....

Thanks for sharing!

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Estellee — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 14:59:05 GMT

@cheriere Those look luscious, now I'm in the mood for peaches

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cheriere — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 15:01:47 GMT

@GingerHead

Thank you for the kind words.😃❤️

I hope you're able to find a place where you can have a little garden. I do enjoy having fresh fruit and tomatoes in particular lol. It seems like we put out everything. I'm ready to cut back a little, at least in how much stuff we grow. We put out a gigantic field of potatoes every year so we have enough to last all winter. It's just so hard to work, the older you get.

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cheriere — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 15:03:32 GMT

@Estellee wrote:
@cheriere Those look luscious, now I'm in the mood for peaches

Thank you.😃❤️

I've missed talking to you. I was gonna ask in this post, but forgot...Do you eat a peach with the skin or peeled?

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Estellee — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 15:06:52 GMT

@cheriere wrote:
@Estellee wrote:
@cheriere Those look luscious, now I'm in the mood for peaches
Thank you.😃❤️
I've missed talking to you. I was gonna ask in this post, but forgot...Do you eat a peach with the skin or peeled?

@cheriere I used to eat a peach with the skin. In the past few years I am starting to peel them first. I do the same thing with apples too! BTW how is your Mom doing?

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SportyShorty07 — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 15:36:59 GMT

@cheriere Beauitful peaches and peach trees!! Now you can make a simple syrup out of peaches and make peach lemonade or you can make peach cobbler. I love peaches, especially canned peaches. Whenever I'm sad, I eat a few slices of canned peaches to cheer myself up. How's your lovely Mom's hand doing? I remember it was in a cast and she had to do x-rays. I hope her hand is doing better. All the best to you and your family and keep up the great work with your gardening and photography skills .

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cheriere — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 15:46:33 GMT

@Estellee wrote:
@cheriere wrote:
@Estellee wrote:
@cheriere Those look luscious, now I'm in the mood for peaches
Thank you.😃❤️
I've missed talking to you. I was gonna ask in this post, but forgot...Do you eat a peach with the skin or peeled?
@cheriere I used to eat a peach with the skin. In the past few years I am starting to peel them first. I do the same thing with apples too! BTW how is your Mom doing?

Im the exact same way about peaches now lol.

She's doing a little better. Her cast came off. However, it did fuse to the wrong bone, but they're not bothering with surgery because of her age they said! Instead, she's wearing a brace and they want to start physical therapy in six weeks. Thanks for asking❤️❤️❤️

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Pezzie — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 15:52:01 GMT

Lucky you! What a beautiful sight. Enjoy your cobblers, I am envious.

Yellow peaches I peel skin, but white peaches I eat the skin. I don't like the feel of the fuzz of the yellow peaches in my mouth.

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cheriere — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 15:59:52 GMT

@SportyShorty07 wrote:
@cheriere Beauitful peaches and peach trees!! Now you can make a simple syrup out of peaches and make peach lemonade or you can make peach cobbler. I love peaches, especially canned peaches. Whenever I'm sad, I eat a few slices of canned peaches to cheer myself up. How's your lovely Mom's hand doing? I remember it was in a cast and she had to do x-rays. I hope her hand is doing better. All the best to you and your family and keep up the great work with your gardening and photography skills .

Aww, thank you for always being so kind. I hadn't thought about making a simple syrup with some, but that's a great idea! Thanks.😃❤️. I know I'll make some cobblers and freeze some. I'll give my aunt some too because she loves them.

Thanks for asking about mom.❤️. They finally took the other cast off and put it in a brace. However, the bone did fuse to the wrong one. They're not planning on doing surgery either because of her age. She's supposed to wear the brace and come back in six weeks to start physical therapy. I'm sure it'll hurt her some for the rest of her life. I just hope it's not too bad.

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Estellee — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 16:21:54 GMT

@cheriere I hope she's still not in pain.