Quick! Stock up on canned cherries and cherry jam. Corner the market! ;)
Gardening & Foodie Ping!
My son has a cherry tree in his backyard, he told me this year’s fruit rotted before it ripened.
What cause the decrease? First there were the spring freezes, the worst for the time of the year in several decades. Then came the unseasonable cold days when the trees were blooming.
For those of you who are not familiar with fruit farming, most of the fruit that you eat is pollenated by bees. When the temperature is 55 degrees or below, the bees don't come out of their hives and the ones that do go out, many time, don't make it back.M
I have worked in agriculture for over 50 years. It is a labor of love. Sure, many make lots of money, others make a living. But, the risk is great. Far greater than going to Vegas and blowing your money on gambling.
As one farmer said that if he won a million on the lottery, he would farm until he went broke. Feciously speaking, it is the only business where you buy retail and sell wholesale.
Global Raining will be the death of us all!
How can they? They'd look like complete fools .... oh, nevermind.
Midwest PING alert!
I went cherry picking yesterday (Sweet cherries) in southern MI.
Most of the sweet cherry crop was damaged during a late frost in April. I had to pay 1.75 a lb! Outrageous I thought, but I still picked and paid.
The sour cherry crop is looking like is suffered minimal damage.