cute little peaches from this cute little peach tree I planted in my backyard two years ago

They taste pretty good, and they didn’t really have any bugs or problems, though I did no pesticides or really anything special beyond deep watering the tree once or twice a week starting mid-May. And though they are small, the pits are small, too, so there still is a good amount of fruit in each one for their diminutive size. They are little plum-sized peaches. And thankfully freestone.

I planted this as a small, bare root in April 2023. The variety is either New Haven Peach (according to my planting notes) or Red Haven Peach (according to the original order invoice), sourced from Burnt Ridge Nursery in Onalaska, Washington.

Additional updates on my backyard mini-orchard

In April 2023 I also planted a nectarine tree that was initially larger than this peach tree. While the peach tree thrives the nectarine just gets along. It has a few fruits growing on it that are still hard. Birds or squirrels have already taken nips at some of them, but left the rest behind. I’m not super confident that they will be a good harvest this year, if even edible.

I also planted two pear trees in April 2023. They blossomed for the first time this year, and one of them has a single pear growing on the very end of a branch, hanging down close to the ground. I think pears are supposed to take 3-5 years before they start truly bearing fruit, so we are on track with the pears.

This spring I planted four apple trees, all bare root whips, boosting my backyard mini-orchard to a total of eight trees. They all leafed out but a couple seem to be struggling in this endless dry heat. I need to nurse them through it and hopefully from the fall to spring they can establish themselves better. I planted one each of Kidd’s Orange Red, Black Oxford, Rubinette, and Ozark Gold.

My daughter requested today that we plant a pomengranate tree. This is irregular for northern Utah, but I understand from certain posts in the Utah Rare Fruit Growers group on Facebook it is entirely possible with certain cultivars and certain interventions, so perhaps I will explore that for next year. If I’m going to try a pomengranate I will probably try a fig as well.