Nothing is ever easy in the fruit world.  We thought the Hungarian cherries were well-netted, super secure and then the bountiful crop of Danube Cherries vanished, literally, overnight.  The Robins are master theives working hard to find any little gap in the netting.  Hope the birds enjoyed their feast – we are not amused and neither are our CSA members. 

To cheer ourselves up we took a tour and ate the first ripe berries on a number of the Ribes plants.  It is like sitting at the top of a roller coaster hill with only a few days before everything ripens at the same time! 

We’ll open our fruit stand on CR 138 July 2nd with red currants and the first of the gooseberries.  At the Ithaca Farmer’s Market we’ll have red currants and by Saturday, July 2nd MAYBE the first gooseberries and MAYBE black raspberries.  Hope for some sunny days ahead!