I’ve learned to not count my peaches before they’re picked but look at the peach trees.
Could that tree have any more blooms? I’ve never seen that many blooms on one of our trees. It was so full of bees and butterflies yesterday.
In the front yard, we have three trees. The first one blooms, about two weeks later, the second one blooms and about a week later, the third one blooms. This is the third one and it’s a bit different from the others. The blooms are different, and so are the peaches. They’re a bit smaller and they are so sweet . . almost too sweet for most people. I love them.
The wind was blowing and I couldn’t get the limb to be still so the picture was blurry but quite a few of the early peaches look like this one – two baby peaches that are connected. There are way too many peaches and I’ll have to thin them so I went ahead and pinched that one off. Vince was saying “NO! Don’t do it!” He doesn’t want to thin the peaches but it has to be done or we’ll get small, hard peaches and it’s too hard on the tree.
I’ll wait a week probably and start thinning the peaches on this tree that was the first to bloom.
We’re hopeful for a good crop of peaches but have learned not to get our hopes up too much.
Heidi Naber says
Try King Arthur
Judy Laquidara says
King Arthur has been out of flour for weeks.
danielle says
So what did the hail do to your blooming trees?
Judy Laquidara says
Darn . . I forgot to look. Just went out. Looks like the tree with all the blooms lost some of the blooms but that’s ok . . there are way too many blooms on there. The tree with all the small peaches looks fine. I didn’t see any baby peaches on the ground.
Thanks for asking!
Rebecca in SoCal says
The tree with all the blossoms, attracting bees and butterflies, is the picture of life!
I hope you get some good fruit harvest this year.
Sandi B says
When I was a teenager, I had the best, most fun job of my life: thinning apples in an orchard. I was BEING PAID to climb ladders and trees!! What a blast!
Judy Laquidara says
Oh, but you killed all those baby apples! 🙂
I have to say any kind of job being outside at that time if year would be fun.
Susan Nixon says
You do have to thin them, or the branches are too heavy and break off, and you can lose the tree. Sniff, sniff. That’s a pretty blooming tree.