Sweetheart Cherry Harvest

Yesterday, we picked the sweetheart cherries. It took only one day to get the job done with the help of 40 pickers. The cherries were all big and beautiful which made the picking easy. Just a one time through clean sweep of the orchard. Nana and Papa have been here since Sunday and took off this morning headed for home with a trunk full of cherries. They had never been up for cherry harvest and I think they enjoyed seeing how a cherry harvest is run. We were happy to have them come stay for a few days although there wasn't too much time for play. Things can get a little crazy and intense when we are picking fruit, especially cherries as there is such a small window of time to get the fruit off the trees. The picking time frame is very short. The cherries can be ripe and ready to pick one day, and then with the hot weather, become overripe in a short amount of time. I think Rick thrives on intense though. He likes to work hard and play hard.