Cherry Pie

The pie cherries are ripe!  Or at least half of the tree was ready to pick today.  Chemyn and Louise came and we all three picked, then pitted.  We ended up with 10 quarts, or in other words, 10 pies!  I baked a pie this afternoon, and Reynald pronounced it "better than sex"!   Well, I know it was good, but that may be a bit of an exaggeration!!!  There definitely is a difference in taste though, between fresh, never been frozen berries.

More picking and pitting to follow in a few days......it may be our 4th of July project!  We are having a party, and we may require that guests pick a bucket before you get to eat!  It's a thought......

Ladders and buckets assembled, ready to pick pie cherries.

The fruit is bigger than last year because about half the blossoms froze.   

Chemyn picking cherries.

Baxter and Cheymn''s dog Tucker were a lot of help!

Buckets of pie cherries.

Chemyn pitting cherries!  Tucker is like Baxer, never too far away from his people.

A fresh cherry pie for dessert on the porch, watching the sun go down.

Cherry Pie!!!!