Originally cultivated in Eastern China, peaches now grow in the gardens of a wonderful and generous friend literally ten minutes from our home.

In many cultures, the peach is a symbol of prosperity and abundance. These trees, planted three years ago, are bearing fruit for the first time. The boughs are so heavy laden with fruit that supports have been put in place to keep the branches from breaking.

Four, four litre baskets of freshly picked peaches and the trees hardly notice.

In the words of the late John Prine.

We blew up or TV
Threw away our paper
Went to the country
Built us a home
Had a lot of children 
Fed 'em all peaches 
They all found Jesus on their own.