Things are really starting to move in the orchard. It doesn't appear that the snow and ice has done any damage to the fruit buds. They were still fairly tight when we got our ice and snow on Saturday. It is still a tad early for us to be in bloom though. Two years ago this coming Saturday, we froze hard for five nights in a row. We were just opening into bloom. Her Royal Highness was only hours old the first night of the freezes (Yup - we are getting ready to celebrate a birthday this weekend). We lost 75% of our crop that year. We remember that season well, however, we are still very much at peace that God is aware of us and our needs!
It is about time to go talk to neighbors about bees and set up our game plan with them. It is also time to look at spraying our copper sulfate and dormant oil. We are still nowhere close to finishing the pruning!
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