Pix. Look what son got to eat from our trees.

Yep it's true, Son picked peaches off the tree and it was sweet even our German Shepherd enjoyed 1/2 of it.Garden pictures shows the growth of the veggies.Horseradish plants,sweet potato plants, (russet Burbank) will be a bumper crop.Corn is going to make up,all of it,zucchini plants are big and already producing.

About ready for some fried green tomatoes.I like them fried in butter and jammed between two pieces of bread,(called a jam samwich).lol.

Muskmelon, watermelon, pickles are finally coming along, after the ground hog knocked down the fence and ate the leaves off of them.Fence back up,no more ground hog problem.Our black walnut tree is doing well too,along with apple trees which have apples on them,two years in a row,unusual for us.Apple tree is a Harelson,or so says the local orchard manager I talked to in person. Had a bumper crop of broccoli, radishes, green onions,peppers and all the rest.

100 degrees yesterday and today,and in the 90's last week, going to water after the sun goes down.Definitely need a couple of days of nice gentle rain,with no heavy storms.Just hoping,
Regards,
LOU

PS: looks like there will be more peaches where this comes from.

Looks great, my tomatoes are doing well, should be lots, I over plant those typically, I can see a couple of nice large pots of homemade sauce.

I've been picking cucumbers daily now, lettuce's have been good, some bolted, but the next row is good, I'll have to plant more so its in time for the tomatoes and a nice summer salad. My row of seed potatoes, is good too, ought to provide a lot, its the most I've ever planted so far. Broccoli is good though one or 2 plants had some rot, all that darned rain, some of the heads had some brown, the rest is picture perfect. Corn was planted late, if it were on time it may have not germinated, or really had a rough time, the 64 day will make it no problem, so will the 70 something day, 90 day is also looking ok, might surprise me, I hand cultivated and though there are some weeds, but the corn is winning hands down, its a large patch 35x80 or so. At least I'll get my moneys worth spent in seed ! Just about time for some dried blood side dressing, time elapsed nitrogen will make it continue, one side of the garden I expanded and it was sod since the late 60's, no fertilizer and its growing fast.

The apricot tree produced more than I could eat, the deer, woodchuck have cleaned up the ground like crazy, all that rain, good pollination, finally after years of none.

On Sunday, out of nowhere, the NYS police aviation unit showed up, did a close fly over in a helicopter and circled my house exclusively, well below the 500'-0" threshold. Well I hope I passed inspection ! I have to believe the fenced in vegetable garden along the back of my house, lured them in, there was, (but I cut them a week ago) a clump of staghorn sumac under the bow window, I have to believe they were looking for marijuana, friend came up from the diner across the pond, was having dinner with his mom, and was like what the heck is going on, they thought it was going to land in our field. It would have really ticked me off if there were horses in the pasture, field or premises. That would have been dangerous given how they spook. I wanted to call them, and ask what the deal was, did someone escape again and is the run, another bank robbery, a marijuana eradication flight or what ? Well I hope I passed, LOL ! Next the FDA will be over checking my produce ! LOL ! I think they have done it before, I was away and a neighbor told me they were circling some years back.

I can brag that my garden is doing so well, had to be the tomatoes, (maybe the Sumac from a week ago ?) that law enforcement needed to check it out. Never a dull moment !

Looks great, LOU! Our early apricot tree is just finishing its bounty, while our other two mature ones are about a week away from ripe. They don't produce every year, being very sensitive to spring cold/frost. The peaches are next. We have about 30 trees in what was once the "neighborhood" orchard. Grandpa took care of them most of his life, then let them slide a bit towards the end. When we moved back home, we cleaned up several old trees that had good producing years left and filled the empty spaces with new trees. We have apricot, peach, sour cherry, pear, plum, several apple varieties, and Concorde grape vines that are well over 50 years old. I have not had the same success with the garden due to time challenges, but cut back this year to peppers, cucumbers, zucchini, and a widely varied pumpkin/winter squash patch. The smaller garden, focused on our favorites, has been easier to tend and more enjoyable. Thank you for posting.

How old are the peach trees when they start to bear?

teddy heres a link below for peach trees.I think it mostly has to do with age and area it's grown in.Regards,LOU
peach tree producing

Bleeding Orange SW Iowa,
Thanks for the post,sounds like you have a lot of different varietys of fruit producing trees.Regards,LOU

Billy,
I bet some plants do look like marijuanna from a distance.Police are just wasteing time and fuel.Oh well,tax payer takes care of it.Real nice post,thanks for the reply.
Regards,LOU

Dang, you folks in Wi. are having it hotter than we here in the "sunny south"! We have only hit the low 90s so far, but it's warming up. Wish I could share all the water we have been getting. I think we went two days in a row this week, but rained again this afternoon. Your garden is looking great.
PS, If you want peaches,come to Candor, NC this Saturday, (it's located about 25 miles south of where I live) they are having their yearly peach festival. Candor is the peach capitol of NC and there are only, maybe, 60% of the orchards there were 30-35 years ago.

lou, what part of wis you from, im from near Oshkosh, garden looks good

hrross,
About 100 miles south of Superior,and 100 miles North of Eau Claire.On our way to the Vets in Superior,there is a peach tree on Hwy 2,that grows beautiful peaches.That's what gave me the idea to try our tree here.Going on 3 years now,survived all freeze outs.Thanks for the reply.
Regards,
LOU

ShadetreeRet,
My son in law used to drive semi and would bring me some from that area,as well as Georgia,I could eat them,till I got sick.I am a peach fan. I am too old to make the trip,I would if I was younger,just bring a bed,and clean clothes.lol. Thanks for the reply,
Regards,LOU