The July 1st weekend is usually a good time to plan on harvesting the first cherries and this year things were just about right on time. It seems not long ago that I posted about the first blossoms on the cherry trees. During the flowering period there were a number of very cool wet days and although I didn't see a lot of pollinating insects during flowering time, apparently I missed them because our crop is pretty good and driving through the valley other crops also look good.
Another sign of a good crop is not as many birds eating the cherries--just an average amount of crows, cedar wax wings and robins - there seems to be enough fruit trees to spread out the birds, so in the end we have more cherries from two trees than we could use. Grizzly
Foot full of water. With eyes.
1 day ago
Cherries & Bears? I had a comment (accidentally deleted it) whether the bears bothered the cherry trees in Bella Coola? Answer - Yes. If your lucky and you have a dog and the tree close to your house you might be okay - otherwise an electric fence is the only way to go. Grizzly
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