You can never have enough...

[Lilith7]

Mine just sit on a plate in the kitchen and they ripen by themselves. I even brought in a spray of little hard green ones a few days ago, and they've turned into yellow cherry ones, it was a compost seedling so I'm not surprised. Still got lots on the plants, but I refuse to sacrifice any to the blackbirds, so as soon as they start to blush I bring them in.

Lovely smell they have too...

 There's also a method of ripening them by putting them in a paper bag with a green apple, or just sit them next to the apple. I can't really put them outside to ripen unless they're out of reach of the dog - I found out that she likes tomatoes when three I'd put on a plate out there vanished without a trace.

Thankfully she hasn't yet worked out that she could pick her own from the plants, but thanks to a granddaughter showing her how to, she picks her own raspberries.