The neighborhood is covered in blossoms, my neighbor’s trees are raining into our yard
Not as grandiose, but our blueberries are coming along and the Cara Cara is sprouting new growth
And not fruit, but the lettuce needs picking as well
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avocado in the greenhouse. it’s got flowers all over
white genoa fig beginning to think about spring.
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I planted some bocking 14 comfrey … 3 days ago.. it is already sending up growth.
My AU Rosa.. as usual.. first plum with blossoms swelling.
No chance against our late frosts. I am going to graft most of it over with later blooming varieties… alderman, superior, waneta etc.
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Just past peak bloom in almond country:
The alternating lighter and darker rows are different varieties since most almond varieties are self-incomatible.
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Did the bee guys bring their pollinators to that area?
Yes, there are bees trucked in from all over the country for almond pollination. I couldn’t see any hives from the road, but usually they have them out by early February.
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Blooming is totally synched with our own blooming time in Spain. So beautiful to see almonds here, cultivated or wild, in full bloom, lovely view, wonderful scent!
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Some pics of today in my home in Madrid
‘Maruja’ peach, growing in a pot in Madrid. Traditional Spanish variety.
‘GxN’ red-leafed rootstock. Very nice almond like flowers, nice scent too. Will get grafted soon.
‘Royal Tioga’ cherry, waiting to grow a little bit stronger to get transplanted to my farm in Cádiz.
Home in Madrid is a high chill area, but my farm in Cádiz is the complete opposite.
Next pics from yesterday in my farm.
‘Cristobalina’ cherry in my farm.
‘Nimba’ cherry. Flowerikg is delayed around four days later than Cristobalina, and anticipated around five days earlier than Pacific Red. The latter two don’t completely synch together, so in a very low chill setting, I wouldn’t use Pac Red to pollinate Nimba. To be fair, Nimba seems to have matured more swiftly than Pacific Red, which doesn’t have that many flowering buds in its third year, but I have heard from other people about the lack of overlap
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Im just sort of amused by how thick the sprout is out of this cardoon compared to my spindle brassica (of which some I need to restart )
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I have never gotten cardoon to sprout. They almost look like a melon or squash seedling.
Passiflora maliformis regrowing from the roots. I am glad this survived, its my only one.
Pomegranate waking up from the heat last week.
Sugarbelles are pushing out tons of new growth after all this cold. Unfortunately don’t see any flower buds forming. Hopefully only 1 more year.
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