Until you have the experience of your own gardening glut, you really can't imagine how much pleasure you will get from an over abundance of your very own hand picked produce.
Our peach tree, self sown from the worm farm 7 or so years ago, has produced the most beautiful yellow peaches this year. A big thanks must be given to Hawkie, our latest garden addition, who we have been moving around with such success, he may get a girlfriend if he keeps playing his cards right. Not so much as a nibble from a bird on my peaches, unbelieveable! And I never used netting, just a fake easy to care for hawk with beedy eyes.
I must also admit, I'm not much of a jam eater. I've really enjoyed making jam this summer, but I wanted to stretch my kitchen abilities and come up with some other ways to extend my haul. I made peach leather that I'm just in love with. I will make it a bit thicker next time and I have purchased a dehydrator that I'm patiently waiting to arrive to give it another crack. I chose to peel the peaches like you would for tomatoes, scoring the skin and placing into simmering water for a few minutes. If your peaches are super ripe you don't even need this step. I also pureed them in my super bullet and froze a heap of it into ice blocks for my green smoothie addiction. And finally, we enjoyed some mixed with proscecco for some peach bellini's - heavenly delicious!
Now to patiently await my tomato glut...
Ciao, Jan x
