The Cherry Cow Cocktail
The Cherry Cow
3/4 Pound pitted sour cherries
1/2 Cup sugar
Gin
Ice
Soda water
Heat the cherries in a sauce pan over medium heat. Add the sugar, stir to dissolve. Smash the cherries a bit during the cooking process to release some of their juices. When the sugar has dissolved, set the cherry mixture to the side to cool.
Fill a tall glass with ice cubes, add a heaping spoonful of the cherry mixture to the glass.
Now add 2 ounces of gin and top it off with club soda. Stir to combine.
“He who likes Cherries soon learns to climb.”
It was the end of the growing season, and I was wandering through what was left over at our local nursery. As I walked past the under-watered annuals and the leggy tomato plants, I found a little cherry tree that I just had to have.
Four or five years ago, the cherry tree only reached up to my elbows. Today, after a few applications of composted cow manure, and lots of water, the tree stands, magnificent, well over head.
There are a few problems you might run into if you don’t give any real thought to how big a tree will grow before you plant it.
One, if you plant a little tiny bargain bin tree directly in front of your front porch, there is a really good chance its going to grow like crazy and block all view of what’s happening in your driveway. This may cause you to walk out past the once little tree in your nightgown and barn boots to see what your dog is barking at, thinking that the cows may be standing in the front yard, only to find out a salesmen has just arrived.
And number two, one day that cute little cherry tree will grow too big for you to simply stand on the solid ground below to harvest its goods. This is only a problem if, like me, you have no idea where the magic spot is that you put your ladder the last time you used it—when you were thinking to yourself, “This is a really ingenious place to put my ladder.”