We were experiencing a terrible winter storm….. on Sunday, Monday, and early Tuesday morning.
Temperatures dropped to freezing with windchill at 22*. The wind was sharp, sharp, sharp.
Once more, our year will be incomplete from that lush golden fruit called apricot.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
That is sad. I love you apricots. We tried to order trees from CSU but they were sold out.
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Apricots have a hard, hard time in our area (remember) once every five or six years we get a crop
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Close to same happened here in NE Texas. I’m sure I’ve lost my early fruiting peaches and also I had a dwarf apple tree blooming like crazy before this most recent temperature dip and wind/sleet storm. No blooms now. Oh well, maybe next year (go Cubs)! Hope you have a lovely day.
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I hope yours is lovely also. 🙂
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I am so sorry. Praying for and family.
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? Okay
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So sad! We are having weird weather too. I am hoping the heavy snow saves the less hardy perennials, which were starting to grow back during the warm spell. Hugs!
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Thank you…Your hugs are special
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Bummer!!!
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Oh well, less work
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This seems to happen much too often.
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Yes. We are lucky to get a crop every five to six years.
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😢
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I do share the loss of those wonderful fruits. Last spring , as my cherries and peaches were blooming we had a freak freeze that got hem both. the peaches are always a bit iffy here in Central Massachusetts, but the cherries are reliable harvest. Saping for maple syrup has also been starting earlier each year, and ending sooner too. I fell terible for the family farms that depend upon these resources for a livelihood. I hope this is the last big “surprise” of the growing season for you!
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That you— Me too 🙂
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Oh no…..so sorry to hear that Linda. What a shame.
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I wish they didn’t bloom so early, but it is what it is.
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Chaplin: “We used to have two apricot trees here that produced the best apricots Mama and Dada ever had! But sadly they both died within a year of each other.”
Charlee: “We don’t know if they got sick or they just got old. But Dada says apricots from the store don’t taste nearly as good.”
Chaplin: “I think the squirrels probably agree.”
Lulu: “Did someone say squirrels?!”
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Apricots in the store are nasty—I agree!
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Oh what a shame …
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In a way—they do add more work. Although, they are very yummy after the work is done 🙂
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