Given how HOT it has been here this summer and how early the really HOT weather began all of the fruits and vegetables have ripened earlier than usual. Typically peach picking starts in early July and lasts through July and early August. This year, we went around the middle of July and were there on the last day of peach picking for the year. Other farms in the area had already run out of peaches. We went to a farm that was about a 45 minutes drive from our house. Of course, the trip was made a little longer because we can't go anywhere without someone needing to use the restroom. On the way there we only stopped once, about 30 minutes from home, for a potty break. On the way home, we stopped twice, and both of those stops were within 15 minutes of the farm. Ridiculous!
Anyway, back to our peach picking adventure. We actually picked the perfect Saturday morning. We were having a "cold" snap and had actually had a little rain so the skies were overcast which made for delightfully cool, at least cool by Arkansas standards, weather. We had the orchard all to ourselves and the children had a blast. They ran around and picked any peach they could reach and started loading them into our bags. They even picked up ones off the ground and wanted to take those home as well. We ended up picking over 50 pounds of peaches. We took home over 23 pounds and my mom took the rest. I spent the next few days taking the skin off, slicing and bagging them, and putting them in the freezer so we could use them all year round. Looking forward to peach muffins and peach cobbler all year round. Yummy!
Here are some shots from our peach picking adventure.
John David inspecting his peaches to ensure they were up to his high standards.
Harrison just couldn't resist having a little taste. His verdit...Delicious!
Ella posing for the camera in the peach tree.
Getting a little boost from daddy.
Now it's my turn dad.
Tired but happy girl. She missed her morning nap for our peach picking adventure.
I love this picture. We thought we were finished picking and were heading back to the farmhouse to pay for our haul. I think we stopped to pick some more, and visit, and take photos, and John David crouched down to wait for us. I think he looks adorable. He wasn't mad or upset and didn't ask us to hurry up or anything. He just "sat" there and waited for us to come along.
Monkey see monkey do.
We tried to get all three of the "big kids" to pose in this position but Harrison would have none of it.
The three "big kids" hanging out on the porch while we weighed and paid for our peaches.
A small sample of our bounty.
We've been on a fruit picking trend this summer. I'm hoping to keep it going with apple picking this fall.
Stay tuned!
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