Today was a busy, busy day. We picked a big bunch of choke cherries. Then we moved on to the apricot tree. The problem with the apricots is this... the squirrels. They grab them as soon as they are ripe, bite them open and tear out the pit. We couldn't reach very many of them even with the ladder. So..... Brian got the idea to take a rain gutter and get them. We tied and taped a bag to the bottom of the gutter, and then he bumped the fruits and they rolled down the gutter into the bag. After a while, all of the lonely fruits were taken, and all that was left were HUGE grape like clusters hanging up there, so we moved on to the next phase. Operation Tarp! We put a huge tarp around the base of the tree. Then he jiggled the bunches and let them fall to the ground. Then we all grabbed them up and tossed them in the tub. We got a crapload of them. Now to find a good recipe for apricot preserves.
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