My green tea of the day. I used to drink a lot of this one, & actually I still like it. It’s the best tasting cherry tea that I know of, as most of them tend to taste like cough syrup.
My cherry tree is blooming, but in reality most of that tree is dead, & I plan to have it cut down, probably this weekend. It’s a very tall & old tree, & when I first bought this house I had no idea that I had fruit trees in the yard. When that first spring came, I looked out my kitchen window, & saw red cherries on the tree! I ran out there & picked a bunch of them, brought them in & was SO excited, until I started cutting them open & realized that there was a worm in every one :p
The following spring was the beginning of one of my gardening rituals (yes I am a weirdo). When the tree bloomed, I had a picnic under it with a plate of sushi & a pot of this this tea. Afterwards, I made a declaration to the tree, the local bugs, & birds, expressing my gratitude & good wishes for a bountiful harvest, welcoming all to enjoy the wondrous fruit, & a request that the lower branches of fruit be reserved for myself & my family.
I swear to you that this actually worked, & we were able to harvest fruits that were mostly free of worms for several years. Then the tree started dying. This year there is only one flowering branch, the lowest one, & the rest of the tree is dead, with branches falling off.
I may plant a couple of dwarf cherries in the next week. I just have to figure out where.
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What a lovely story! I’m sorry that your tree will be cut down, thougn.
I had 2 apple trees when I moved here too. They were really old, & one of them died a few years ago, along with a really ancient white oak (that cost me $3000 to have cut down). I cried the summer the oak tree died, it was so magestic. I have 3 other oaks, & they all seem happy & healthy though :)
What a lovely story! I’m sorry that your tree will be cut down, thougn.
I had 2 apple trees when I moved here too. They were really old, & one of them died a few years ago, along with a really ancient white oak (that cost me $3000 to have cut down). I cried the summer the oak tree died, it was so magestic. I have 3 other oaks, & they all seem happy & healthy though :)