the fruit of our, er, backyard

ceelove and I decided that we were going to can peaches from the tree in our backyard, this evening. Unfortunately, the crop was a bit smaller than expected, since apparently peaches can rot on the branch before fully ripening. (Anyone know why this is, and if there's anything that can be done? i.e. is it just a climate thing that we have to get used to, or can we somehow raise our per-year peach count?) Anyway, we decided to make a peach cobbler out of some of the peaches instead. We used this recipe plus cinnamon in the peach mixture and in the topping dough, and it is magical.

And, like, it came from our yard! It's rare that I praise the previous owners for having foresight about things, but I gotta say, that peach tree was a grand idea.