NorthernWinos
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The weatherman is predicting a strong storm tonight with possible 60MPH winds...so....
My Honey went out and picked some Chokecherries that were on some small trees in a flower bed....before they blow off and onto the ground....didn't look like enough to make a batch of wine....
Word has it that the black bears have torn down all the Chokecherry trees out in the woods, they are ravenous from the drought and heat...not much for fruit and water ponds are drying up...
SO...I went out looking for Sand Cherries on some bushes we planted for wildlife....
The Chokecherries are on the left, small and tart.....the Sand Cherries are on the right...larger and easier to pick [I like my job] I will freeze all of them....
A friend has 6 quarts of Chokecherries in his freezer for 'the cause'...I will juice them all out and preserve them in mason jars to make wine at a later time....should have enough for a 6 gallon batch...
I missed picking the Nanking [Hansa] Cherries earlier this summer, the Robin's bring their young and clean the bushes in a matter of days....this summer the Cedar Waxwings have stayed around...so have nets over the grapes already...
Edited by: Northern Winos
My Honey went out and picked some Chokecherries that were on some small trees in a flower bed....before they blow off and onto the ground....didn't look like enough to make a batch of wine....
Word has it that the black bears have torn down all the Chokecherry trees out in the woods, they are ravenous from the drought and heat...not much for fruit and water ponds are drying up...
SO...I went out looking for Sand Cherries on some bushes we planted for wildlife....
The Chokecherries are on the left, small and tart.....the Sand Cherries are on the right...larger and easier to pick [I like my job] I will freeze all of them....
A friend has 6 quarts of Chokecherries in his freezer for 'the cause'...I will juice them all out and preserve them in mason jars to make wine at a later time....should have enough for a 6 gallon batch...
I missed picking the Nanking [Hansa] Cherries earlier this summer, the Robin's bring their young and clean the bushes in a matter of days....this summer the Cedar Waxwings have stayed around...so have nets over the grapes already...