Meet two boxes of Red Havens. Aren’t they gorgeous?

In early June I put my name on a list to order these two boxes. The Peach Man came through, so here is my allotment for the summer. The other varieties are nonexistent, due to the various weather crises of the winter and spring.

Banjo Man offered to help peel them with me.

Twelve pints of canned peaches, four bags in the freezer, one peach cobbler…and we were done.  It will be a strange summer without apricots and peaches, but I’ve loaded up on cherries–there are plenty of bags of pitted cherries in the freezer–and even some rhubarb. 

There will be jam!!!!