It's Cherry Picking Time

Every year in the end of June and beginning of July, signs start popping up throughout Lancaster County saying "pick your own cherries" Cherry Hill Orchards is the place to be. www.cherryhillorchards.com Not only is it a great way to stock your shelves with jars of the delicious fruit, it is also a memory making opportunity.Something every family should do at least once.If you don't have time or can't pick you own come for a visit to www.ellmakerhouse.com and with any luck something created with cherries included just might be on the menu.

Many hands make light work, and these kids proved it! They were willing, even eager, to climb a tree, move a ladder or whatever it took to get that hard to reach bunch of bright red fruit.When the container was filled there was that one more "jack pot" that they just hit.Sorry they are not for hire.

Without the help of these industrious girls, my day would have been much longer and not nearly as much fun.Thank God for nieces and nephews that I can grab for a day!

Some of the finished product, waiting to be made into Danish, Breakfast Cobbler or any cherry recipe I find . Next it's time for blueberries. There will be no tree climbing for that experience.

After all the hard work they deserved a fun party on the patio. Perfect taste testers.

Breakfast Cobbler
1 20 oz. can crushed pineapples (in juice)
1 pint cherry pie filling (or flavor of your choice)
1 Box white cake mix (dry)
1 stick butter (softened)
in a 9 x 13 " baking dish place ingredients in the order given , do NOT mix,
drizzle butter over cake mix
bake @ 350* 45 minutes. serve warm with whipped cream