I decided this year to leave the nectarines on the tree longer, because many of them were a little too tart last year. They are really getting good now! I’ve harvested a few small batches of them in the past week, and there are many more still on the tree. Birds are getting to the them, and some fell off in the wind yesterday, so I need to get out there and pick the rest of them, I think. Perhaps there are still some hard ones that I’ll leave on the tree a little longer, but I think they should all be ready now. The ones in the photo above were picked on Thursday, August 28th.

This is a full two weeks later than I usually pick these, which I think is a combination of late ripening from our cold spring (the blossoms were a little later than usual) and my waiting a little longer to be sure they’re ripe. I hope I haven’t waited too long, though!