We have 3 cherry trees in our garden which have disappointed us year after year. On the few occasions when they have fruited the cherries have split and been quickly exploited by the birds and especially the wasps. But this year conditions have been perfect, starting with an explosion of blossom in the spring and followed by dry enough conditions to allow the fruit to set and not split. So we now have three trees laden with fruit which we cannot access because the trees are so tall. The picture shows some of the cherries which we did manage to pick and we have tried some ingenious methods for reaching at least some of the lower branches. But the birds and the bees will be the main beneficiaries. (I mean the birds and the wasps of course but it doesn’t trip off the keyboard so well). Tired already of eating them fresh we tried a crobbler today which is a hybrid cobbler/crumble but it is tedious work stoning the cherries so I can’t see us having too many of those.