The cherries in Leelanau county are starting to turn and soon the orchards will be full of the sounds of cherry shakers and fork lifts.
Just a month ago when we arrived here the orchards looked like this.
Teddy's brother, John Schlueter, is hard at work getting ready to start shaking his orchards in the next couple of weeks. Last year John shook over one million pounds of cherries and in a good year may harvest a million and a half pounds. However a late frost damaged approximately 50% of this year's crop so this is not going to be a banner year. In farming, just as in casino gambling, sometimes you win and sometimes you lose. The hope is, that the winnings will cover the losses with something left over for profit.
The cherries in Leelanau county are starting to turn and soon the orchards will be full of the sounds of cherry shakers and fork lifts.
Just a month ago when we arrived here the orchards looked like this.
Teddy's brother, John Schlueter, is hard at work getting ready to start shaking his orchards in the next couple of weeks. Last year John shook over one million pounds of cherries and in a good year may harvest a million and a half pounds. However a late frost damaged approximately 50% of this year's crop so this is not going to be a banner year. In farming, just as in casino gambling, sometimes you win and sometimes you lose. The hope is, that the winnings will cover the losses with something left over for profit.
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