I planted this Yellow Clingstone Peach Tree about 10 years ago, and she is ripening a glorious harvest this year!
She's going wild after a couple of years without pruning. Her long, fruiting limbs are bent down to the ground under the weight of all that sweet, golden fruit.
It's cool under her shady branches, even on a 106°F day like today.
This year, we treated both yards with full spectrum beneficial nematodes. These tiny, parasitic roundworms that target specific garden pests can be purchased online and applied using an attachment for your garden hose. This is the first year we have been free of the metallic green beetles that typically ruin our fruit, so I count the nematodes an organic farming win!
I squeezed the last of the lemons last night. Now it's time to roll up my sleeves, and put up the first batch of peaches.
Of course, I have that song stuck in my head: "Millions of peaches, peaches for me!"
Hope your day brings you more fruit than pit.
Love,Cat