When we moved here and I wanted cherry trees, Vince said “They will never produce here!” I didn’t care. I figured if we didn’t plan them, there was a 100% chance we would never get cherries. We planed 6 or 8 cherry trees. Last year, we got one cherry and we split it.
The cherry tree closest to the house had nice, red . . almost ripe enough to pick, cherries. Five of them! Something had already pecked into two of them. Yesterday I sat in my chair and saw cardinals eyeing those cherries and four times I went out and chased them off.
Last night, I hauled the ladder out to the cherry tree. Since I couldn’t reach them without standing on the very top of the ladder, I had to climb down and go get Vince to come out and hold the ladder. The whole time I was up there, I was thinking . . grannies should NOT be doing this.
Three cherries . . not quite ripe . . a bit sour but our tree made cherries! I told Vince to take one. He said . . no, you can have them so I ate all three of them.
I need to go check the other trees and see if any of them have cherries. Vince said “Three cherries. That was worth the investment!” I said . . better than the apricots have done . . because last year, between the three apricot trees, we got one little sickly looking apricot and Vince ate it. Other than that, they’ve never even bloomed. This is not the best place to try to go fruit but . . what else would we be doing if we weren’t messing with fruit trees?
Joyce says
I miss my cherry trees! Some day I’ll plant another one. I’m sure all kinds of birds ate cherries from my trees, but I always especially noticed the mockingbirds going after them.
dezertsuz says
That’s a good point! And some of your trees do produce sometimes. The figs were good one year, I remember. When I had the cherry tree, the birds always got them. It was dying and one day my neighbor cut it down without asking me. No cherry tree now. They also get almost all my berries. Last year, I got about a cup of blackberries, because the bush was prolific – one out of six, that is! Hoping I get another cup this year! Not even enough for a batch of jam. LOL
Nelle Coursey says
Ah life on the farm, how well I remember! Besides peanuts the best thing we ever grew was sugar cane! I loved going to the field and daddy cutting a piece for me! It was sooooo good!!
Mary says
We used to tie small pieces of tin foil to our apricot and plum trees to keep the birds away. It worked.
Rebecca in SoCal says
Or old CDs (I’ve heard).