He picked one basket full, leaving the rest of the cherries to continue to ripen. There are several more baskets full remaining on the tree. The birds still have hope!
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| Sam, one of our resident Mockingbirds, closely watches us harvest his(?) cherries from his favorite perch near the cherry tree. |
Of course, we both just had to eat a cherry now and again - yum.
Then, Glenn took the task of trying to cover the sour cherry tree with netting to protect his pie fruit - cherry being his favorite. That task was not easy, especially with the wind that started to gust. A rain storm was brewing. The sky was thick with darkened clouds. Now imagine thin, light-weight netting flying about in the breeze while a person (Glenn) tries to place the protection just so over a tree; not a pretty sight as arms flayed, branches whipped, netting sailed. My second pair of hands was not much help. But, Glenn prevailed, and hopefully, will have a nice harvest for two pies, rather than one, this year.
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| Not pretty, but hope the netting does its job of keeping the birds away from our cherries. |
Of course, I will be the one making those pies. I have the crust down to a delicious science, but the filling…no recipe; so, I hope the results gets Glenn’s approval.
Oh, the stress…
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