Yes, of course, kimmq, that is why I'm asking how to add it. If I put in on the compost, should I do so when I have a lot of dry greens? If I pour it on the lawn, should I dilute it tremendously? I'm not sure what "saturate" might mean in terms of sugar going onto lawn or compost.

I think I still have a hummingbird feeder that I could use some of it in, so If I can find the time to locate and clean it, I think that might be a good way to use some of it. The syrup would have micro amounts of stuff from the peaches, visibly colored as it is from the blush of the fruits. Guess I need to look up how sweet hummingbird syrup should be. This syrup started out as 0.45 cups sugar per cup water. There's a hummingbird forum around here somewhere, isn't there? I'll go look.

sugar is a specific fertilizer. It creates a bacterial bloom, which in turn creates a nitrogen spike, depending on how much N they can access from the air or soil. dilute it and water your fall veggies.

I'd honestly find some way to use it instead of throwing it away on the compost. Sugar syrup freezes extremely well, if it is too much to use in a reasonable amount of time. We would use it in mixed drinks, middle eastern food, and of course, desserts.

When I have some simple syrup left that needs to be disposed of I just pour it either into the compost or on the ground. I doubt that one gallon of sugar water would have enough affect to even be noticeable, unless one poured it into a one gallon flower pot.

I would not use the old sugar water from a hummingbird feeder in anything, not even mixed drinks.

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Just dump it onto the heap.

"I would not use the old sugar water from a hummingbird feeder in anything, not even mixed drinks."

What?!?!? Who the heck mentioned anything about using sugar water FROM a feeder?

I'm thinking a little rum, a little syrup...!

That's a lot of sugar...let's see, if you have a gallon, at half a cup per cup, carry the one, you've got maybe 6 cups of sugar there. Maybe a couple pounds of potent 'brown'. I don't think it would upset a cubic yard pile too much. If you put it on the lawn or gardens, probably want to dilute it 10x first.

I would try to use it for consumptive purposes first though. Hummingbird juice is a great idea - they'd like the fruit flavor I'm sure. Make sure it is boiled and sterile and look up the sugar:water ratio so you can dilute it.

You can freeze it too for use later.

I know from last year that I can't use up the syrup for other purposes. I do cook from scratch, but I just cannot use that much syrup. And I learned from the Hummingbird forum that only pure white sugar water is tested as safe for hummingbirds.

Yep, I'm just gong to dilute it and pour it onto a brush pile.

Pancakes, mixed drinks (I already mentioned the rum), iced tea, glazes for cooking, the mind boggles at the possibilities.

Freeze it is smaller, usable quantities. I'd do pints, but others might do ice cube trays. Unless you have a freezer packed with something like blueberries, there isn't a downside. Christmas is when we use up most of the silly stuff. If it is still in the freezer next year, then you guiltlessly throw it in the compost.

I won't get into specific recommendations on what to do with it because I'm not a fan of peaches. I can cherries, and if I had a gallon extra syrup left over from that, I'd can it as cherry juice. Mostly because if I put it in the refrigerator it wouldn't last two weeks before somebody drank it all.