A volunteer

   I compost along the upper edge of the riverbank. I cover it with straw to keep a neat appearance. A few years ago a plant came up that I thought was a willow that grows on sandbars in the riverway. After it got a little bigger I recognized the leaves as that of a peach tree. I only buy northern grown peaches to eat therefore they are winter hardy in the Wisconsin climate. (I once had a hardy peach tree that I bought). I've been protecting this volunteer from harm ever since. Last year it had it's first five blooms producing one wonderful peach. Look at it this year !!!

Yes, it looks more like a shrub, I didn't want to lose any fruit bearing branches.
Much to my delight a second volunteer tree has appeared about ten feet from this one.
      If you treat "Mother Nature" right she'll reward you in her own special way!