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I have a lot of pine trees (acidic soil!) on my property and too much shade, so I've turned to going primarily to the Farmers Market. But? I've also let my yard to wild and, along with it, planted herbs and edible flowers and berry bushes. Right now, I've got more bush cherries than we could ever, ever eat. It's so wonderfully fun to pick a few on the way in the house. :)
Oooo, they sound yummy! What do you do with all the cherries? Dehydrate? Freeze? Can them? Do you have patches of any sun at all? Would it be possible to prune some of the pine branches so you have more shade?
Bush cherries are very small, so we just eat them fresh. Or cook and run through a strainer to remove the pits (and make jam or a crumble :) The pines give us clean air and "tree chemicals," so we leave them as they are. Herbs grow in sun or shade. Wild flowers grow in the patches of sun, which we love. (And we feed the neighborhood bees. ;-)
I'm surrounded by pines too, so I understand. I still have to carve out my place amid them if I want anything at all to grow. It's a never ending fight to keep our property from being taken over, LOL.
I have a lot of pine trees (acidic soil!) on my property and too much shade, so I've turned to going primarily to the Farmers Market. But? I've also let my yard to wild and, along with it, planted herbs and edible flowers and berry bushes. Right now, I've got more bush cherries than we could ever, ever eat. It's so wonderfully fun to pick a few on the way in the house. :)
Oooo, they sound yummy! What do you do with all the cherries? Dehydrate? Freeze? Can them? Do you have patches of any sun at all? Would it be possible to prune some of the pine branches so you have more shade?
Bush cherries are very small, so we just eat them fresh. Or cook and run through a strainer to remove the pits (and make jam or a crumble :) The pines give us clean air and "tree chemicals," so we leave them as they are. Herbs grow in sun or shade. Wild flowers grow in the patches of sun, which we love. (And we feed the neighborhood bees. ;-)
I'm surrounded by pines too, so I understand. I still have to carve out my place amid them if I want anything at all to grow. It's a never ending fight to keep our property from being taken over, LOL.