Tuesday, April 17, 2012

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After several days of extremely cold weather, we are gradually starting to warm up.  During that time the Sour Cherry trees started to bloom

Then we dropped down even colder — 18*– a couple of nights in a row, which took out some of the blooming fruit I’m sure.

Still the Wild Plum trees that I have growing in a thicket started blooming

We have these trees along the edge of the canal to keep the water from eroding the bank

By the weekend the Crab Apples were in their full glory

Terry sat up the alfalfa marker and got that field ready for water.  By which I mean he marked out all the rows so we could turn water into the field.  Several morning this week there was ice on the furrows.  Not heavy amounts of ice, but still ice.

When you think of it that is cold….it takes lots of cold to form ice on running water.

The good news is that cold front has moved on, the bad news is this very same cold front is what causes horrible storms in the plains….cold air moving out of the Rocky Mountains hitting warm air coming up from the oceans.

My heart goes out to everyone in those storm damaged area.

Linda

16 thoughts on “Tuesday, April 17, 2012”

  5. So everything is connected in the weather pattern. You didn’t like what you got but it was worse further east. As you say , “It will warm up.”

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  6. This takes me back many years when my grandparents had sour cherry, wild plum and crabapple trees in their yard. I wonder why they aren’t sold in nurseries today.

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  8. You really got that cold weather, didn’t you, Linda? 18 degrees sounds unbelievable this time of year… The front went through here yesterday –and our temp today is about 59…. Seems cold to us.. Supposed to get down into the mid-40’s tonight. We missed most all of the rain with that front —and were hoping we’d get some rain… George has to water the Roses now since it’s been a long time since we had any measurable rain… BUT–I am not complaining.. Just glad we didn’t get any of that horrible weather that they have had in other areas…

    Hopefully, it will continue to warm up… Hope your fruit trees all make it.. Love the CrabApple…

    Hugs,
    Betsy

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  9. oh my!!! ice. Hard to work outdoors with that going on. My son still wearing long johns in Park County…oh dear… I am sure he would be annoyed with that shared info (o:
    We had such pretty flowering trees all over… they are starting to loose them though.

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  10. I’m not a bit surprised about your cold spell…cuz we have Colorado kids as I may have told you a zillion times already, and I know how changeable it can be. (Makes a little more difference when you’re farming there though as you are!…they just have to dress in layers, as we do when we visit.) But I hadn’t thought about the connection to the rest of the country and those horrible storms. My heart too goes out to people of the storm-damaged states..

    Your flowering trees are beautiful and am glad they apparently survived the cold spell well.

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  13. I wonder if blossoming trees in certain regions can withstand the cold better than their cousins that live in say, my area? It just has to think about freezing here and trees drop their blooms and young leaves.
    On another subject. What does one do with sour cherries? I’m guessing jam/jelly. “Sour” implies that they can’t be eating out of hand.

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