It's amazing how we take things for granted until we no longer have them at our finger tips! I lived in Sardinia for a number of years, where peach trees were in abundance even had them on my own land, when they were in season family and friends would be giving them away as there were so many.. of course the best place to eat fruit is standing right under the tree picked when ripe !! Now I live in the U.K. That would be a luxury lol I know the climate is changing in the U.K. But I must say I surprised that peaches would actually mature well taken the amount of sunshine we get here !