place 4 whole peaches in your boiling water stand close by with a slotted spoon 2 time your peaches according to how ripe they are the following guidelines are good for over ripe peaches blanch for 45 seconds for ripe peaches blanch for 1 to 1 5 minutes for fairly ripe peaches blanch for 2 minutes for harder peaches blanch for 3 minutes
A tomato is at its peak of flavor when it becomes fully colored (whether thatâs red, yellow or green-striped) and the texture is somewhere between firm and soft when you push into it with your thumb. In many cases, they will mature to this ideal state on the vine. If so, pick them as they ripen and enjoy.
1 To help tomatoes through periods of drought, find some flat rocks and place one next to each plant. The rocks pull up water from under the ground and keep it from evaporating into the atmosphere.  Fertilize two weeks prior to first picking and again two weeks after first picking.