How Could I Forget...

The peaches!!

We must have fifty or so of these between the two trees in the back garden. (It's really an orchard garden, kind of, isn't it?) One tree carries the bulk of that load, with the smaller tree sporting a half dozen or so.

If we can just get to them when they ripen, before all the birds and squirrels and other garden folk...they should be pretty tasty in a week or so!

There might even be pie.

Peach Berry Pie

I know you'll want to know about the pie. When last we checked in, the garden had inspired me with its offerings. Of course, by the time I'd assembled the rest of the necessary things (money, time, pie pan, dough)...the birds had naturally made short work of the berries. But the seed, as they say, was planted...so the grocery provided us with some lovely west coast berries (and a peach to supplement the two we hadn't eaten)...and the pie is delightful! 

A Fruity Surprise

 

Yes, that's right. It's a peach!! I've been so busy paying attention to the bed in front of this particular fruit tree, and it had bloomed so little this spring, that I had sort of assumed it was a cherry tree or something. To be honest, checking it for fruit had never occurred to me...especially with so many phlox blooming just in front of it.
 


But then last night, it caught my eye, that single fruit...and a further examination revealed four more of them. My eyes opened, I checked another tree, and found the tiny red pear pictured below. There are also two apple trees, as well, which have only produced a few icky looking apples.
 


Well, now that identities are being revealed, I'll be able to figure out what to do for them in the future. In the meantime, I'm suddenly considering the concept of a peach blackberry pie.