For the first time in a very long time, we received abundant rain during the winter months. The garden responded accordingly. The rain did make it hard to get the winter pruning and dormant spraying completed. The veggies also had a late start as a result.
The state of things in the veggie garden after the winter is pretty sad.
Rain found the gopher tunnels and created a number of washouts in the garden included a couple like this one that ran under the raised bed.
Another bed with the gopher tunnel issue. Plus, the corner of the garden which was not so good before, is seriously missing after the rains.
A group of peach trees, one of which is covered in spectacular double flowers.
Pear trees at one end of the orchard row produced a lot of blooms. There is a danger of fire blight because they bloom while things are still quite damp (heavy morning fog is typical.)
One of the four-in-one pluots still has a lot of flowers despite heavy dormant pruning. Many of the trees were cut back quite a lot in an effort to get them into a good shape. As a result a lot of branches that would have produced flowers and fruit were removed, but for the most part, it looks like enough remain to provide fruit this year.
This group of four plum trees has a good number of blooms.
Two of the four sweet cherries in bloom.
