Just as long as they are hardy enough for your zone, there is nothing to do except water and fertilize them adequately till frost. I just picked the cherries from our 2 trees last Saturday. One is a dwarf Stella and the other is also dwarf but I can't remember the name. The Stella is the better producer for me. I picked about 3kg of cherries this year, but I had 9kg last year and about 13kg the year before. Apart from a little tanglefoot applied in early spring to control the ants & aphids, I've never had any problems with other insects or diseases.

Thank you for info, Elvis. Actually after all this time my seeds are finally starting to grow! I have 4 that have germinated and have potted them up in small pots...just little green blades poking up but I think they will make it! I think I will overwinter them inside in my south facing laundry room. The mother plant is not in a pot. I planted it in the ground last year and covered it with burlap on our few frosty nights. It just burned a little on the edges of a few leaves but otherwise appears very healthy. It seems to like where I have it planted. The pups are growing close to the main plant. I may dig up one and try potting it up

PM2 over 24 years of gardening, there have been a few seasons that were mostly a bust for one reason or another. Not being able to garden last Spring/summer because of the tendonitis was extremely depressing for me. After it mostly healed, I did manage to cram some gardening in the fall, and the weather was very cooperative. To say I am excited for Spring is somewhat an understatement. :) The squirrels here are always chasing each other. Yes they do that here too, but this was following - a slower and deliberate keeping pace with the female. I read somewhere that squirrels breed in February in our area. Sorry you guys have "too many squirrels". At least they may provide you with some entertainment? I don't worry about their numbers as long as they stay out of the house and feeders. However, one did tear apart my tenant's lounge chair that had a cloth back and seat last summer. This winter there have only been 1 or 2 poking around under the feeders. Maybe it had something to do with more frequent Red-tailed hawk sightings in the yard and in the fields across the street last summer. Caught a picture of that booger tearing apart my former tenant's lounge chair - LOL - she wasn't laughing, however.

Sounds yummy...... Aren't family traditional foods fun? keep making them and teach your daughters....too often traditional recipes are lost. I lost a friend this summer....she was known for her runzas...her mother's and grandmothers recipe. I talked to her daughters at the funeral and they don't know how to make them....they have the recipe but never dealt with yeast dough....so that tradition is likely lost. Teach your girls, and the boys too!! Linda C