Last snow of 2013?
At this time of year,
you hear a lot of grumbling when the weather turns wintry. The
gist seems to be "Isn't it over yet?!" But, while I can
understand the sentiment, I've learned at the Mark School of Positive
Thought that the best place and time to be is right where and when you
are.
With that in mind, not
only am I cleaning the soot off the wood stove's glass door so I can
cherish the last fires, I'm also remembering that a slow spring often
means more fruit. Last year at this time, the peach
buds were swelling...and
a late freeze wiped out every tree fruit. Maybe 2013 will be more
like 2010 when
flowers were slow to open and our peach tree was
loaded with luscious orbs a few months later?
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Yet again, there has not been much winter in Louisiana this year. The past week has been as close to winter as we have gotten, even though the opinions of most of my plants seemed to be that there was nothing to worry about. Suddenly we've had freezing temps.
Right now I'm keeping an eye on the blueberries. They are all flowering, and it's hard for me to tell, with the little experience that I have, whether the flowers are looking damaged because of age or because of frost-bite.