The plum tree is still loaded with blossoms, even after the snow and rain of the past few weeks. In fact yesterday, the honeybees were busily pollinating the flowers. If all holds, this should be a good year for the plums -- and much appreciated after last years dismal crop.
A close-up of plum blossoms and one of the first peach blossoms of the year. While the plum blossoms set all along the length of the old and new wood, it looks like peach blossoms only form on new wood. I'll be looking at the distribution of fruit on the tree closely this year to see if I can do a better job of pruning next year.
The camellias are always productive, but this year is more amazing than ever. What you see here is a pile of blossoms on the ground waiting to be added to the compost pile.
The cherry and apricot trees are beginning to awaken. It doesn't look like we'll have any cots this year, but the tree is only a year old.
The berries, on the other hand look good. And judging by the size of the buds, I'll probably be spraying the berries again in the next couple of weeks to try to get rid of the berry mites.
Because it rained last night, today was the perfect day to fertilize -- and that I did!
2 cups for each of the citrus trees
3 cups for the apple, peach and plum trees
2 cups for the apricot, walnut and cherry trees
about 1/3 cup for each of the berry canes
and about 1/4 cup for each of the roses, geraniums and other flowering plants in the backyard -- even the potted plants on the deck.
I also fertilized the peas, lettuce, artichokes -- and asparagus, which was the only thing I originally planned to fertilize.
Hopefully the good plants will benefit from the fertilizer more than the weeds!
