Ripe Red Cherries...right in my own back yard...
Wow, I have just done something that I have NEVER done before…OK, so that has happened a lot for me over here. But this is so cool. Right next to my house is a very large cherry tree. It had such beautiful blossoms during the spring, but it never dawned on me that a month later I would have access to the most ripe and plump cherries. The tree is not on our lot, but in the field next to us. So I figure that anything I can reach from standing in my back yard is legal. I don’t think that the farmer who owns the lot has any real desire for the cherries as he mowed the field today and never went for a single one. Hmmm, his loss! Also since it is a lone tree I know that it’s not a “crop.” Besides, if he really wanted cherries I imagine he would pick from the trees next to his house.
I think that I may have to sneak out later and raid the rest of the tree. Of course that would mean crossing a barb wire fence, so I think I’ll just get Mike to use a hockey stick to pull the branches closer as I pick (ha ha). Mike said that he wanted no part in my “ill-gotten booty.” They are not “Bing” cherries at the “meat” is yellow and just slightly tart…so yummy!! So, do cherries freeze? Also, how long will they stay good on the tree? The tree is so huge that I can sit at my computer looking out at it and gaze at the ripe beauties at least 20 feet off of the ground…I guess that I’ll leave those for the birds.
I did find out that according to German law, any part of the tree and its’ fruit hanging over my property line is free for the taking. Somehow this just beats berry picking, maybe because I don’t have to bend over and there are no bears to watch out for.
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