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I have an Asian variety plum trees that are prolific producers in our western Washington climate. Last year I removed almost three-quarters of the crop during thinning, and still wound up with over 500 fruit. I was giving them away to anyone who was interested, including the street missions in downtown Seattle.
My neighbor offered to host a plum wine making get together for the neighborhood folks to help manage the fruit.
This year I don't think I'm going to get anything. The tree is in blossom right on schedule, but it''s been freakin' snowing off and on the last week. Right now I've got almost an inch of snow on the ground that has fallen in the last four or five hours.
Needless to say, the critters that pollinate are still waiting for decent weather to get out and do their thing. There's only about two or three more days though until the blossoms are done for the Asian plum and cherry varieties.
It's supposed to warm into the 50's (normal for the season) in a couple of days. That means that the apples and pears should be OK, and if the weather stays warm the Italian plums (which are the last to bloom) should be OK.
On the "bright" side, some of the primrose "annuals" I planted a year ago survived the winter (though this was a colder than normal winter) and started blooming robustly about three weeks ago.
My neighbor offered to host a plum wine making get together for the neighborhood folks to help manage the fruit.
This year I don't think I'm going to get anything. The tree is in blossom right on schedule, but it''s been freakin' snowing off and on the last week. Right now I've got almost an inch of snow on the ground that has fallen in the last four or five hours.
Needless to say, the critters that pollinate are still waiting for decent weather to get out and do their thing. There's only about two or three more days though until the blossoms are done for the Asian plum and cherry varieties.
It's supposed to warm into the 50's (normal for the season) in a couple of days. That means that the apples and pears should be OK, and if the weather stays warm the Italian plums (which are the last to bloom) should be OK.
On the "bright" side, some of the primrose "annuals" I planted a year ago survived the winter (though this was a colder than normal winter) and started blooming robustly about three weeks ago.
I will need to go to the duplex and snow blow there, and do our driveway. We should be in the 50, but haven't had a 50 since early November. Last year in March, we had temps in 60s a couple 70s and even an 80 degree day.
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