Is there a pear in there?

I wasn’t the only one eager to pick peaches yesterday. This morning, several peaches were hanging in the bottom of the netting, so I figured it was time to pick them all, ripe or not. Two were chewed up and gross, four were slightly bitten, but six peaches were pristine. They even all smell like […]

In which I dare to pick a peach

Two peaches! So round, so pretty, so fragrant. You can tell which one is really ripe by the beak mark in the shoulder. But I haven’t dared to eat them yet.

All this rain better make my fruit trees ripen!

The garden is filled with fruit that just ain’t ripe.

Hey, peachie, you dropped something

I’ve been waiting and waiting and waiting for the peaches and the pears hanging small and round and scentless to ripen. The peaches have been rockhard so long, I even had time to drape some netting over the tree to keep the birds out. (I have no faith that the netting will do anything more […]

Could there be peaches?

The last two years my peach tree has offered only a sparse set of hopes. The last two years raccoons and squirrels have dashed those hopes to the ground. This year, lots of plump little peaches are possibilities wrapped in pink blushing plushness. Question is, will I stop admiring them long enough to put a […]

Can there be too many peaches?

My big project for today was to go out in the yard and play. First I admired how much bigger the pears and apples are already. Then I took one last look at the amazing number of little peaches on the peach tree. I learned last year from the plum tree, that if I don’t […]

What grows on trees

In all the wet weather, I haven’t seen many bees. A few bumblebees, the occasional miner bee, and not even all that many honeybees. But little by little, they got the job done.

More spring flowers

Peach blossoms, pear blossoms, and lots of tulips. All joining the plum blossoms.

Low Hanging Fruit

When you plant semi-dwarf trees, everything is low-hanging fruit.

So much for tree-ripened peaches

I was trying so hard to be patient, but no such luck with the squirrels. This morning, I looked out and saw only two peaches left. And it wasn’t the wind that did it.