Cherry

North Star Pie Cherry  Prunus cerasus 'North Star'. I've had this plant for two years now and it's bloomed and set fruit for both although the first year had few fruit. The blossoms are very sweet. The tree itself is a natural dwarf getting no higher the8-9 feet tall. I am going to see if I can root some cuttings sso that I can have more of them. I've never tried to propagate fruit trees from cuttings before so it should make a good learning project.

5/14/10

Young cherry fruits.

6/3/10

6/6/10

6/11/10

Harvesting.

Week Highlights

• Poor Jack, my favorite dog of all time is having surgery Friday. Nothing "major", he is being neutered but I still worry of course.
• Today I made a few bucks selling plants, and everything I make is going to squirreled away carefully for the most part. Today I sold the shasta daisy (and I have an order for more of them to be started), the bee balm (more to be started as well), a few dozen mix sized hens and chicks and 2 lemon balms. Not too bad at all, eh?
• The Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup...just in case you live in a cave. That's big news for my wonderful husband Crazy Mike. The last time they won was way before Mike or I was born. I never knew anything about hockey but learned so that I could have something in common with Mike.
• The Sparkle strawberries are slowing down now. But the Berries Galore is starting to ripen.
• Sour Cherries are ripening.
• I saw my first Japanese Beetle. I think I am going to try trapping them this year. They are very very bad in my garden and will chew everything to nubs. They are a couple weeks early this year.