This year is the first year that we let our peach tree get peaches. We wanted to make sure that it was big and strong so it wouldn't break, besides we were told that you needed to not let a tree fruit for a couple of years after you planted it. We were so excited to let it fruit this year, but we figured that we would get just enough peaches to eat a couple for a week and that would be all. As summer came it didn't seem like there was that many peaches on the tree and we were constantly finding little ones on the ground from the wind blowing. I hadn't really paid attention to the tree since I was never home to do so. A couple of days ago when I was home, I realized that it was peaches canning time-not that I have time to do that, but it made me look at the tree! It was an awesome sight! We had lots of peaches-more than I had time to deal with. The kids had a great time picking the perfect peaches. (Ken helped me with the title-figured that you could try and say that 5 times fast!) Brandt freaked out with the bugs and Kathleen just got bored doing it, but Josselyn endured to the end and climbed up to get the really high ones. We got enough to dehydrate, freeze, eat and some will probably be going to the hospital if they aren't fertilizer by next week!
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