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04/21/2010: "Apple Blossom Time"

It's blossom time in the orchard! I almost missed it; some of the trees have already blossomed and dropped. Some are just starting. And some are still not quite ready. The bees are out and doing their work; there is a hum audible as one walks through the orchard.

The early apple (possibly Gravenstein) is a showpiece of bloom right now:


... as is the early sweet cherry tree:


Here are a couple of busy bees, captured with the camera.



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I completed the fifth trench in the south yard. Lou had reported that the recent rains had completely filled the previous trenches, but luckily they had drained out by the time I got down to the farm.