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Fruit

September 3rd, 2010

Last year we planted six fruit trees.

Two pears, two apples, a cherry and a peach.

This year I harvested a dozen pears, a dozen peaches and two apples.

We ate the pears.

The apples were admired for their mutant appearance and discarded.

Hopefully next year they will be mature enough for a better harvest.

I decided to save the peaches for a later date.

I washed them.

Peeled them.

Coated them in lemon juice and sprinkled on a bit of sugar.

Just enough for a hearty pie in the depths of winter.

So who’s the sturdiest pilgrim in the neighborhood today?

Me!

Comments

LucyJoy:

Yum! Brilliant idea!
Gayl:

Your orchard sure beat ours! We’ve had our 8 trees for two years and this year we harvested 3 pears, 2 apples, no peaches, and no apricots. Pretty disappointing. Your are really going to enjoy that peach pie next winter!
farmgirl:

I also have a few fruit trees and wanted you to know—apples are incredibly hard to grow organically. They require many sprayings a year with nasty chemicals to kill all the pests that just love them. But I got the wild idea to “bag” each and every little apple with a ziplock bag and year before last had bushels of lovely organic apples–practically blemish free. However–even though I did it when the apples were nickel sized and did everything the same, nearly every single apple THIS year has loads of warts and blemishes as well as a worm(apple maggot) living up the middle. gasp sigh meh Just when you think you know everything……..you don’t. :) I’m a bit far north for peaches so I do have peach envy now. :)
Martha in Kansas:

Jelly! (Or jam!)
joann:

My father-in-law was an avid grower of fruit trees and had a great yield, but all of them needed spraying with pesticides to produce any “volume”.

He lived to be 94 and I am sure he never wore a mask when spraying!
Lori:

You.
You are the sturdiest pioneer today!
I would be but bow to you because you actually GREW your bounty. I had to buy mine; twelve quarts of salsa and 6 pints peach jam.
I wish I could grow something other that potatoes, peas and rhubard…
Anything else is just too much trouble!

lORI
susan:

There is nothing yummier that sweetened fresh peaches..

Notice you have several Jadite pieces. I would LOVE to own some since I adore the era of the 50′s diner. But alas it is too expensive. How many pieces do you own?