Two days and counting

Harvest officially begins for us on Thursday. But it may be over by Saturday. There are so many cherries, the price is down. If the price for the fruit is so low that it costs more to pick and pack then we earn in income, we obviously can't afford to continue with harvest. What does that mean? I guess it means the fruit will hang on the trees until it falls to the ground and we'll try again next summer.

bad day to irritate the grandma

Counting down

Cherries are getting riper. Next week we'll start picking. The crop is HUGE. Unfortunately, everyone's crop is huge and the packing houses don't have room for it all. Some orchards are leaving part of their crops hanging on the trees--there's no room for them at the packing houses. They have so much fruit, they are only accepting really big, really fat cherries. The smaller cherries will go for freezers or brine. Last year, the crop was damaged by hail. This year, the price is damaged by abundance.

Farmers are the biggest gamblers on the planet.