Hello all:
It's been a while since my last post. I was pretty pleased with my first serious year of vegetable gardening last year. I learned a lot and have some new ideas that I want to implement this year in hopes of having more success than last year. I just completed a 170 page design project. I am relieved and ready to get back to my gardening and blogging. One of the things that I have done which I'm hoping will really help is that I got rid of this bush that was not very attractive and took up a lot of useful ground space. I now have an area to plant my zucchini's and tomatoes in the ground. Also, although we were not very happy when our neighbors behind us had to cut down some really tall trees that provided so much privacy for us, my garden is now getting all of that morning sun that it so needs.
In case you missed the post last summer, I planted a peach tree. I thought that I would have peaches last summer but as the grower explained to me, the tree spends the first season developing it's root system in its new home and that's where all of its energy is focused. This year I am happy to say that I have tons of peaches! So much that I had to cut off a few branches that were loaded with young peaches. The reason for cutting them was that they were so heavy they almost broke the main branches. This morning I also had to place a net over the tree because the fruit as it matures is getting softer and now the birds are getting to enjoy them before we can. The peaches don't seem to be getting very big, my guess is that in a season or two as the tree matures they will get larger. (I will have to do a google search for more details on growing peaches.) I'm looking forward to fresh peach smoothies and I also saw on the Today Show once before a chef was grilling them. Sounds delicious, huh? Here are some photos of my little peach tree.
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| The tree in early February started blooming. |
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| These are the fruit in April. |
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| Lots of color. Getting sweeter, so the birds are enjoying. |
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| Placed netting over the tree this morning to protect from birds and possums. |
It doesn't take the little critters long to figure out where the good eatables are in the neighborhood. My guess is that they broadcast the news.
ReplyDeleteNancy you're right. Between the possums and birds it's a wonder we have any fruit. I placed some netting over my strawberries, too.
ReplyDeleteI've just learned this information: In general, most varieties are ready to be harvested in late June and early July, which means it takes them about 11 to 12 weeks to ripen.
ReplyDeleteRead more: How Long Do Peaches Take to Ripen? | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/info_8559211_long-do-peaches-ripen.html#ixzz1vEy5oOUu
This is from Carol T. (not anonymous) At first glance the netting over the peaches looked like a batik painting to me, boy do I need my eyes upgraded. lol Need volunteers to help eat the peaches, call me.
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