It's been a long, drawn-out spring, but with today's Sunday sunshine, the blossoms finally dared peek out. Throughout the day, they have stretched out their necks, and are now joyously stretching up to the warmth for which we've all been waiting.
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| These are Annapolis, our earliest bearing variety. Typically, we lose most of our Annapolis to a late frost, but that shouldn't happen this year:) We are so encouraged to see such large blossoms, and such heavy blossom packs. It looks like the Annapolis will do very well this year. Mmmmm..... |
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| Dan is examining the flowers for insect pests and pollinators. We need the one, we have to watch for the other. He breathes on the flowers, and the warmth of his breath causes the insects to go into a flurry of activity. Most pests and pollinators are so tiny that we can only see them as black specs, but Dan has learned to identify them by their behaviour. |
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| Typically, Dan is pessimistic about the plants -- "Yeah, maybe three made it through the winter....maybe we'll get at least one flat of berries for ourselves..." he'll say to me. Today, he couldn't help the light in his eyes as we looked at the blossoms covering the field. Blossoms on plants that survived ten weeks without rain last summer, blossoms on plants that survived the January melt and the winds that bore down on the bared plants, blossoms that survived the late spring. Praise God for these blossoms! |
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| Ever wonder about the weeds? There's no magic bullet. Dan weeds every night after putting in a full day on his construction job. Sometimes, I join him. We call it date night:) |
