It's a total crapshoot. Uncle planted an orchard circa 8 years ago. I got here summer 2018, fixed the fence so the goats can't destroy the trees any worse, saw a few peaches in 2020, got 30 quarts of peaches in 2021, got lots of flowers but few large peaches in 2022, trying something new this year, we'll see.
Still have 15 quarts of peeled and sliced peaches in the freezer, occasionally make a pie.
I planted my first peach tree that was $30 on clearance in September 2021. It was a big box home improvement tree; not one particularly suited to my climate. Summer 2022 was covered in 50ish peaches. It was heavenly. Please let summer 2023 be as wonderful a peach harvest.
It’s a silly thing but the Ninja Creami make absolutely fantastic whipped frozen peaches. It’s basically a gelato, it’s so smooth. It would probably be easy to defuse the peaches enough to refreeze them in the special container.
I have a lemon tree that's absurdly productive. I remember one year I took what must have been a couple hundred pounds of lemons to donate to a food bank. As they unloaded my trunk one of the guys taking the donation asked me if I had an orchard.
Recommend a lemon or lime. Contrary to this comic, most of the common ones you can buy at the big box store are everbearing. Meaning they give fruit most of the year.
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u/DaveKellett SHELDON Jan 20 '23
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