Henny Penny Farmette

The birds have discovered the red cherries on our backyard Bing and Stella trees. My hubby and I decided it’s high time we get busy with some major picking.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After breakfast, he climbed the ladder and I picked from the ground. I had to reach over my head into the trees for the choicest fruit. We’re removing a lot of the cherries, but not all because we like them to eat them fresh, right off the trees. But so do the birds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The beginning of stone fruit season has started. Cherries are first up for my jam-making marathons. Next it’ll be the apricots, the plums, peaches, and nectarines.

 

 

 

Although I enjoy this time of year when I start making jam, by the time the cots and plums are ripe, I’m already wondering how I’m going to do everything on my to-do list for May and June including, harvesting honey. The bees won’t wait.

 

 

 

So . . . on it goes. But I wouldn’t trade my farmette life for anything. Some days, I feel like I’m living in the Garden of Eden.

 

 

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If you enjoy reading about life on my Henny Penny Farmette, check out my cozy mysteries from Kensington, available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Walmart and other online stores as well as from traditional bookstores everywhere. My debut novel is A BEELINE TO MURDER and the second book in the series in THE MURDER OF A QUEEN BEE.