Feed the Birds…

We’ve got a large cherry tree in our front garden. Every year it gives a wonderful display of cherry blossom, followed by a large crop of cherries. Unfortunately, as soon as they are ripe, an equally large flock of starlings appears from nowhere and proceeds to strip the tree of fruit in very short order. This year I managed to get there just before them and pick enough fruit to make six pots of cherry jam. The starlings got the rest…