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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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 Posted - May 18 2009 : 09:06:36 AM
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I love spring because that is when the apple trees bloom. But I always go through a period of mourning about now because the time of the apple blossoms is now swiftly fading away. My hammock was white this morning with them and they keep falling on me and my computer as I sit below the tree.
The bees are doing their job and pollinating like crazy! I can already see little embryo apples forming at the base of the used up apple blossoms. It is amazing to see how quick nature goes from one form to the next! I know the apple blossoms have to fall so I can have apples later this year, but I do wish that a few blossoms stayed the whole season through! They are so beautiful and I find the scent positively addicting!
Alee
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - May 18 2009 : 09:18:48 AM
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I love apple trees, too. We have 3 very old ones and 4 new ones. I was looking at the old trees last night to see if there are any apples and I saw alot. So the last frost didn't hurt them!! I have got to prune and thin next year. I can't even see up thru them they are so thick. I am also afraid to get too close because one of them is where a snake slithered up last year. I'm always afraid it's still up there and will fall on me one day. Oh how awful that would be.
Enjoy the last few blossoms, Alee. And I hope it's full of apples for ya'll soon.
And it feels like winter here today. If it had gotten a few degrees colder last night we might have gotten some frost. It's still cold now. This crazy weather. Although I am NOT complaining at all. I love it. I have clothes on the line and they are almost dry already with all the wind and sunshine. Sorry, I'm rambling on your post.
Kris
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Mother Hen
True Blue Farmgirl
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Cindy
Peck
ID
USA
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Posted - May 18 2009 : 12:23:53 PM
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I'm with you girls, I love the apple blossoms and the cherry blossoms. They are so gorgeous!! I, too, am deflated when the blossoms end and the fruit begins, but then when I see all the fruit start to ripen, I'm elated again.
Cindy
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - May 18 2009 : 1:02:18 PM
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We missed a frost the other day by a few degrees as well. I can tell that if everything goes well this year, we will have a bumper crop of apples! I am very excited. And I noticed a volunteer apple tree growing underneat the "mother tree". I would love to have more. This is just a rental but I might be tempted to plant some trees in the yard just so I can have the pretty blossoms in the spring time.
Alee
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