The ‘Peach Era’ that is. After several weeks of picking, peeling, eating, slicing, bagging, selling, making peach jam, smoothies, crumbles and crepes, I can finally take a little rest because the peaches are done.
Thanks to CraigsList I was able to sell over 80 lbs of peaches and make approx. $100. I think I was very surprised with how many people were eager to stop by my house to purchase a 20 lb box filled with our fresh, juicy, organic peaches.
The kidlets and I have enjoyed sipping peach smoothies and eating peach-filled crepes with peach jam for breakfast.(Yummalicious!)
And enjoying peach crumble for dessert. (Cooked in a pan that is older than me)
Doesn’t this look good? If only y’all lived closer, I’d invite you over for a big ‘ol dish of peach crumble. It’s so melt-in-your-mouth yummy! (But I'm sure I've gained 10 lbs due to this peach overload.)
So, after the peach explosion, I made 32 pints of peach freezer jam, and bagged 18 quarts of sliced peaches. Yesterday I picked the last 20 lbs of peaches, thinking how odd the peach tree looked not weighed down by hundreds of peaches. It actually looks like a normal tree now, except for the fluttering of birds as they peck away at the last shreds of peach leftovers higher up.
I’m taking a little break from fruit harvesting until the Yellow and Red Delicious apples ripen and are ready for picking.
The Red Delicious apple tree is inside our chicken coop. After what possibly happened to Rhoda with the poorly aimed peach, I want to be sure to pick all those ripe apples before the chickens start calling out, “Bawk! The sky is falling!”
The Yellow Delicious is loaded with fruit, while the Red Delicious has perhaps only 30-40 apples.
Your apple harvesting tips, storing/canning ideas, and recipe ideas are very welcome.
So what’s growing over at your place?
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28 comments :
wow what awesome beauties... LImitless possibilities for those babies..
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Your animals are gonna love you with all those apples.
If it was an Arkansas Black apple, I would tell you wrap each in newspaper and put in a cool, dark, dry place and you would have apples at Christmas.
I do not think RDs are "keeping" apples like the Arkansas Black.
Granny used to slice, and dry them outside on a screen with a thin cloth over them to keep the flies off. Some people use to dry them in the attic. When they are truly dried, they keep very well in just dry storage.
Hope we get as many wonderful apple recipes as we did peaches.
Place these for sale before you get so tired this time!
PS...thanks alot! After this picture I have to go get some ice cream.
Zuchini! LOL and pole beans, tomatos are coming on, and I have some miniature pumpkins and some birdhouse gourds that look good, but wont be ripe untill later. The mini pumpkins I like to just cut the top off and fill with butter and brown sugar and bake for about 45 min, or untill they are done, yum yum. The gourds I am just trying to grow I have alway planted them late and they have froze before becoming mature. We are going to can green beans and I want to figure out how to can some Zuchs.
Wow! You did a LOT of work on all those peaches, they all look so yummy! The peaches I bought at a farm market today were really good! I ate one and tomorrow I will get them ready for canning. Then I have tomatoes to can too.
Oh, your apples look wonderful! You are going to have a ton of them too. Applesauce, pies, crisps, cobblers, apple fritters, apple mint jelly....Yum-O
~Jane
Oh, forgot to say what's growing here.....weeds, lots and lots of WEEDS!!! ugh!
LOL
~Jane
Haha that's awesome that you were able to sell peaches on Craigslist! I love Craigslist. :o)
Oh I wish I could say we ave a good harvest. We have had SOOO much trouble with critter breeding for fair. All we grow here is frustration. We tried rabbits and their reputation was apparently news to them... No babies. Now we're trying goats and they won't breed on the right schedule. Grr. But your apples look so beautiful. Did you post pis of the trees when they were in bloom? I think I missed that if you did.
Oh I forgot about the pecans. It looks like we might have a bumper crop this year, and I plan on selling a bunch.
That peach filled crepe looks delicious! And I have a baking pan that looks just like yours and may be older! You sure have had a ton of peaches this year. I hope someday my fruit trees bless me with that kind of bounty.
oh, for a box of those...
We are growing nothing - with no rain and the worst drought in 50 years we let everything go.
but tonight there is heat lightening and a few drops.
Seriously, I think you can charge more next year. I'd pay way more than 20 for that beautiful box of fuzz.
Did you have to do anything special to prepare the soil and nurse those trees along? We've had apple trees for years and they have never produced a single edible apple. I think the soil in my area just stinks.
It all sounds and looks so yummy! I love to garden. Haven't done it for years. I do have a tomatoe plant and we are eating those.
Look at all those peaches in your house!! Goodness! My peaches are almost ready! We just pulled the plums off, and they are delish!!
All your yummy food looks absolutely delightful! Lovin' that peach crumble! I wish I did live closer, I would have been on your doorstep in a heartbeat! Yummo!
Can I ask you a favour? PLEASE don't post the apple pics... I can ignore the peach ones (as you know I don't like peaches) but if you post pics of apple pie and apple crumble and other *wonderful* apple stuff I won't be able to take it!! lol
OH those peaches look so stinkin yummy!!! I wish I lived closer to LOL!!! And peach crumble....That's like a desert sent from Heaven!!
Those peaches look soo yummy. A lot of work with that many, huh? And now the apples coming along.
I wish we had some fruit trees here.
At least you were able to make a little money with your overflow!
Everything looks fabulous, but I have to say that I noticed your bench and I love it!!
That's cool you could profit from your left overs :) You should make a bunch of stuff and sell it at the farmers market, if you have one. I canned apples (like pie filling) with my sister a few years ago, but I wouldn't ask for her recipe. She always says "put a little of this, and a little of that" type stuff. Never exact measurements. Good luck and can't wait to see what you come up with :)
I know how it feels to be peached out!
Nobody around here has had time to deal with the peaches. We have just picked what we wanted to eat. Birds and squirrels feasted. Now they are starting to smell!
Augh! You're killing me here!
My sister (no, not that sister - another one from the Sister Collective) just gifted me some really excellent Gala apples and some just-ripe peaches from the farm where she works.
Peach preserves... Peach Crepes... Peach Crumble... Peach Pie... I'm salivating here!
Wow! You sure had a LOT of peaches. All the stuff you did with them sounds mighty tasty. Good luck with all your apples.
All I can say is, Wow! What a harvest. And the apples are beautiful!!!
Nancy in Iowa
Lisa - you have my drooling as I sit here in my hospital room - wondering exacty what IS ripe at home! Maybe some blackberries? The pears should be ready soon... Bad year for apples at our house.
But oh - for some of those peaches! Oh my!
As to stuff to do with apples - I've got bazillion of ideas. BUT - I've got my Great Grandmother's apple cake recipe on my blog, on the recipe tab. It's SO good. First batch of apples around here you know there's gonna be a batch of GG's apple cake!
Okay - gotta go do my lap of the hall. Maybe out of the hospital Sunday! Woo Hoo!
Wow, I'm in awe at your peach processing skills! You've been very productive; Miss Chef would be jealous! (She's been too busy to can as much as she wanted this summer.)
Mom used to make chunky, cinnamon-laden applesauce with most of the apples we had. But you can freeze 'em for pie filling (if you don't want to can them). Or you could dig an underground cold storage area and store 'em down there for the four-footers.
Funny apple story: my dad spent a few of his childhood years in farmland; one of his chores was to pick up windblown apples under the tree in the cow pasture. He missed a tree, or got lazy, one time, and the apples of course started to ferment. One of the cows got "drunk" off of them, and nearly broke the barn door when she staggered against it. "Moooo--hic!"
Holy cow!! You weren't kidding about how many peaches you had. You got some really neat pictures of your peaches. Craigs list is wonderful.
You have some great fruit trees. All those apples. What to do?
I guess you could say we had a peachy time with the last posts...:-) LOL!!!! Now on to the apples.:-))))
You lucky, lucky woman! All that fruit makes me a little jealous. I have absolutely nothing growing right now. My garden has given up.
Beautiful pictures. :)
Wow you don't get much rest between the peach bounty and the apple bonanza do you! That peach crumble really does look delicious, wish I was close by :)
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