Another Homestead First

Another Homestead First © May 2022

by Leigh at http://www.5acresandadream.com

First Ever Cherry Harvest!

First picking (that's it!)

I can't even remember when I planted my little cherry tree—eight years ago? It has struggled ever since. A couple of times I thought it was dead. It never produced cherries. I speculated too much shade or not enough chilling hours. I just never got around to replacing it.

This spring, we were amazed that it was still alive. In fact, it produced a beautiful flush of flowers, which became a hundred or so tiny berries. The other day, I went to inspect and found five berries ready to pick. In the days that followed, I managed to harvest about two dozen cherries. That's all the birds left me.

I tossed them all in the freezer like I do my other small fruit pickings. Then, one of these days I'll make a mixed fruit jelly. This will be the first time it will have cherry in it.

First Ever Cherry Harvest! © June 2020

by Leigh at http://www.5acresandadream.com