We are firmly into Bug Season here in Texas. No fleas yet (knocks on all the wood) but I made the mistake of walking across the yard in my sandals and now I am covered with chigger bites. Plus I saw another scorpion. :/
On a brighter note, the big peach tree gave me the biggest harvest yet, and they are the juiciest, most delicious peaches ever. I’ve filled up one standard grocery bag and barely made a dent. Peaches for DAYS, I’m so excited.
This is also the first year the small peach tree produced fruit that actually ripened (usually it only does a handful that stay tiny and green until they get got by the bugs) but this year there were about half a dozen that looked really good. Unfortunately, they ripened faster than the big tree’s peaches, and are already rotting on the tree. I can’t really be that sad about missing out on them, since I did get a bumper crop from big tree, plus, the butterflies are enjoying the rotten peaches immensely. I’m sure the wasps and bees are too, but all I saw while I was checking was butterflies.
Since I don’t use pesticides, there were a certain number of the peaches that were inedible due to the extreme bugginess. One that I pulled off the tree had a weird dark spot at the top, and when I pulled it in half, there was a spider living in the peach where the seed should have been. I’m not sure what happened to the seed, that was really weird. And now I have to wonder if that spider read James and the Giant Peach.