The time is now for you to spend quality family time in cherry orchards throughout Door County. The cherry blossoms you celebrated just over two months ago have transformed into delicious fruit, with some orchards allowing you an opportunity to pick your own bucket full. It is one of Toni Sorenson’s favorite things about owning a cherry orchard with her family after Soren’s Vahalla Orchard opened for sweet cherry picking late last week. She is expecting a strong harvest for sweet cherries and an even stronger one for tart cherries. In fact, the tart cherry harvest could be so bountiful that it can be blamed for why you are not able to pick them out yourself quite yet in some spots.
Sorenson adds that if you can be patient, both tart and sweet cherries will be available for picking at her orchards by Wednesday. According to Destination Door County, approximately 10 percent of all the cherries harvested in the United States come from Door County. Sorenson credits Door County’s placement between two bodies of water as a reason why the area is so successful growing cherries. Tune in later this month as Sorenson goes more in-depth with cherries as our Door County Farm Bureau Featured Farmer of the Month.
