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Tart Cherry Bloom Report

Tart cherry bloom has come early this year! If you are thinking about a drive to northern Michigan to witness the spectacular tart cherry blossoms, don’t hesitate to make it this weekend. Here’s a quick pic of the Montmorency cherry block from outside the office door this morning. Won’t be long before peak bloom!

Spring work progress

Well, it got to 28F last night and we ran the wind machines. I don’t know if they do any good but the theory sounds plausible. In the spring when we have clear nights the earth acts as a radiator and objects  (blossoms, grass, windshields) radiate their heat energy away to space. So the blossoms […]

Blossoms!

My prediction is that we will have apricot blossoms for the week-end.  Apricots are first to blossom and then sweet cherries, tart cherries, peaches and apples. They all kind of run together but that is how I think of it.  The bee hives are set out in the orchard.  There was lots of activity around […]