Peaches and Nectarines!

Our peach trees became prime for picking within the last couple of weeks and boy did we have peaches! I don't know what variety we have, but they were so yummy and plentiful. We had Adam and Karen over for dinner and finished up the night with fresh peach shakes. They were so yummy! We didn't have time to bottle them, and we eat more of the frozen variety anyway, so we gave away about 10 big bags full and then we sliced and froze the ones that were left. We need to get another freezer for the garage because our freezer is jam-packed full of peaches. I thought I would make some peach freezer jam, but we ended up just freezing all of them. Just when we thought we had taken care of all of our peaches our other variety of peach tree was ready for picking as well as our nectarine tree. They were amazing! We again ended up giving away about 10 bags and then cutting up a bowl of peaches and nectarines that we enjoyed eating all week. They came faster than we had time to think about them. Next year I hope to freeze some again as well as make peach jam, and possibly bottle some. Keyword: possibly. :) We're not crazy about bottled peaches, so maybe not.

We just missed the apricots before we moved in, but we've been able to enjoy some yummy apples and pears along with the peaches and nectarines. I'm told we have a cherry tree too? I don't know, honestly it overwhelms me, so Joe has taken care of picking the fruit. I spend an hour or two every other day or so weeding. I'm hoping to get most of them taken care of so they won't go to seed and be more of a problem next year. I'm excited to attempt a garden next spring, but whenever I'm out there weeding, I think, "Wow, this is big, maybe we should shrink it a little." We'll see. I actually really enjoy pulling the weeds. It's kind of addicting to give a little tug and try to loosen the roots enough to pull up a big honkin' one.

I've tasted a few raspberries, which were yummy, but the bush is super weedy, so we may end up tearing them all out. I'm not sure how we will every get in there to get all of the weeds, but even in all of my overwhelmed-ness, I have this peaceful feeling that I just need to do what I can and that it will be a great learning opportunity. For the most part, it really is a low maintenance property, even with all of the fruit trees. I've had to let go of my all-or-nothing approach to life and just accept what I can and cannot do.