Since the start of this month of April, our peach trees and apple trees have bloomed. A really glorious sight that we never tire of seeing. Nothing more satisfying after a winter of pruning than seeing this beautiful display of Mother Nature. It makes the hard work of the winter season feel rewarding and satisfying.
The peach trees were the first to bloom this year, somewhat later than our “normal” time. The later bloom was because of the very cold winter we experienced this year. For a time we thought there would be no blooms at all as nothing was happening but Mother Nature has her own course of direction and peach trees were in bloom the first days of April. As what usually occurs in this area, a hard frost (freeze) on April 7th killed many of the blossoms. However because some of the trees had blossoms that were not yet open we feel that all is not lost. We’ve noticed some development of fruit bud so we feel we may have some peaches to offer to our customers. Peaches are now in what is considered “shuck split.” Time will tell how many peaches will develop for us to pick.
The apple trees were spectacularly in full bloom for Easter Sunday. Wow, what a sight! Passer byes actually stopped to take in the breath taking view. From this point onward we do not want freezing temperatures as that would result in widespread damage to our fruit crops. The cold temperatures that we did experience were of short duration and the flowers of the apple trees being still in tight cluster were not sensitive to the cold.