On my girls weekend with Charlotte we visited the Smith Family Farm for peach picking. That's right! We wandered into a giant peach forest and brought back about 14 pounds of peaches. We spent about an hour or so picking sun crest and white peaches off the trees and eating a handful of them.
As we arrived in the morning, the weather was surprisingly bearable and I recommend coming here as early as possible to avoid the hot weather. At this time of the year, the farm has peaches and plums available for picking but the peaches are perfectly ripe that they need to be eaten quickly. In fact they were so delicate that they were bruised when we put them in plastic bags and had to transfer it to a cardboard box. Unfortunately the farm does not have an organic certification on their produce but I was told they do not spray.
Now what does one really do with 14 pounds of peaches? We made peach champagne sorbet with most of it by cutting out the seeds, blending the fruit (skin and all), boiling the contents to reduce it, and finally throwing it into an ice cream maker. The results were quite tasty!
For those who are interested, find more information about the Smith Family Farm
here. I highly recommend trying it out!
