Cherry Time!

One of the joys of tending fruit trees in the garden is getting to pick the fruit. This time it’s Cherry time!

My Stella cherry is situated right where I park my car so it’s easy to keep an eye on the development of its fruit. Also to keep an eye out for those pesky (but amazing) little birds that are keeping an eye on the fruit too.

I have thought about netting, but I’m not that desperate to get the fruit I want to risk trapping and harming birds, and the tiny bats I know are around. As a result, my cherry feast is often a small one, but that’s ok.

This year I decided to get in early and pick some of the fruit early, before it was fully ripe. Thus I have finally got a tiny feast waiting for me (depending on how well they ripen 🤔)

Admittedly it’s a very tiny haul so far but I’m hoping to get a few more …

I like to prune this tree in summer after the fruit; this helps to keep the growth under control. I haven’t pruned it in a couple of years, so this prune will be a big one.

The tree has had formative pruning (to get an open, vase shape which lets light and air in to the centre of the tree) so it won’t be too hard to get it back under control, a little shorter to help fruit collection too.

Christmas is coming up very soon so I’m hoping to get some more fruit to grave the Christmas table.

TIL next time!