Adding ingredients not found in the kit

[zombiecolt]

I'm new to home brewing and my first basic kit is a pale ale extract kit I was wondering if I wanted to spice it up and go off the beaten path and add my own cherries to the brew how would I go about doing that?

 

[bbohanon]

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=318537

 

[zombiecolt]

Thank you this helps.