Fruit Growers are fond of saying “Every year is different.”\u00a0 And there is some truth to that.\u00a0 Like last year, March was significantly cooler than February, which is highly unusual.\u00a0 The mean temperature on our farm was actually 4 degrees LOWER in March than February.\u00a0 But April has also been well below normal.\u00a0 Many years, we are deep into the bloom season by now, but this year, the only growth on the trees occurred last week when we had 3 days that were nearly 20 degrees above normal.\u00a0 The apple trees took the opportunity to grow an amazing 1.5″ of leaves in just two days.<\/p>\n
And now the trees are shivering with expected lows below freezing.\u00a0 The apricots have already bloomed, the plums are just past peak, and some varieties of peaches are blooming.\u00a0 So a freeze tonight will likely take some of the fruit, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing since we spend a lot of time thinning extra fruit anyway.<\/p>\n
Strawberries are running way behind schedule.\u00a0 It seems likely to me that we will miss our usual Memorial Day opening this year.\u00a0 In fact, based on the short term forecast, we might not be open by the weekend after that.<\/p>\n
Whatever happens, we’ll deal with it.\u00a0 But normal would be nice for a change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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