It is that time of year again. We have a great crop of peaches this year, so heavy that the second branch on the tree has just broken although I am leaving it attached in the hope that the peaches will still ripen.
The poor tree is so dry that a lot of fruit are falling off. I also have a very high tech picker (a fruit can on a stick) and have picked a few.
On top of this we went to the Growers' Market as usual early yesterday morning and bought a dozen corn on the cob. We were going to process them straight after breakfast but had a visit from a delightful 22 year old young lady, she is the daughter of the lady who did a reading at our wedding and, when she was still at school would often call in with her family but we had not seen her for a while. When she left we were surprised to see we had been chatting for almost two very enjoyable hours.
When she left we processed the corn. It is blanched then the kernels removed, chilled and this morning it has been frozen.
By the time we had finished it was definitely time for lunch (delicious gurnard and vegies). Later we both set to getting the peaches ready and cooking them for a short time. We ended up with two bowls. These were put into containers and frozen last night.
This morning the sweetcorn was also put into containers and put to freeze. Lots of summer goodness ready for winter.
Photos back to front :)
One of four trays of peaches so far
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