We have two cherry trees in our backyard and one of them was full of cherries just waiting to be picked. Last year this tree has barely any cherries on it, so I was so excited to see it full this year. The kids were so excited to pick them off the tree. Our other cherry tree is just about ready and the best part about it is it's a Mt. Ranier cherry tree...my favorite cherries!!
Here are just a portion of our cherries. By the end of our picking the bowl was filled to the top.
I am going to make a cherry pit warmer pillow out of our cherry pits so I knew I needed a tool to help me get the pits out without having to do it myself. I went to Globus (think Walmart in the States) and picked up this handy dandy tool.
Grace and Jackson loved pitting the cherries with this thing.
Yaya and Jackson had a good system down. She put them in the container and Jackson was the pitter.
When all was said and done, we have about 5 pounds of cherries from that one tree! I might make a cherry pie out of them, but for now they are put into our smoothies we make on a daily basis. I plan on looking up some good cherry recipes so I can make some yummy treats.
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