HARDY PLANTS

After the rain

It rained continuously for two days, it’s a relief. It will take more, but nature is already breathing. A tour to see how spring is progressing.

The vineyard (Merlot) is well advanced.
The clusters are formed. In a few weeks they will bloom.
A black raspberry tree (Rubus occidentalis). A native American variety that spreads very well. Just plant the tip of a branch in the ground and the following winter there is a new plant
The fruits are raspberries but all black, with a different taste, sweet and fragrant.
The Burlat cherry tree is covered with green cherries.
The fly trap is always in place.
The rye has grown and formed its ears.
It had some pouring, it looks like an animal went through and bent the stems.
The rain has weighed down the borage (Borago officinalis), it collapses to the ground.
The raspberries (Rubus idaeus) started very strong.
This variety (Enrosadira) is an evergreen, producing from May/June to October/November in two strong flushes. For a good production you should not mix two varieties of raspberries. They produce toxins in the soil that are harmful to the roots of other varieties or neighboring species (Rubus family in general).
Hardly any fruit on this plum tree this year.
The result of the night freeze on April 12. Even very briefly it burned the youngest shoots and the fruits in formation.
All kiwis are now covered with leaves.
The flowering is getting ready.
The potatoes are out of the ground.
This year they are planted in the shade. The last two years the flowers and leaves were burned in June. With mulch and at the edge of the forest, we will see what the production gives.
A not very popular fruit tree: the cournouillier (Cornus mas).
This one is a selected variety with large fruits, like red olives. They must be very ripe, softened and fall alone from the tree, but they still taste bland. The poor man’s cherry.
Satsuma mandarin trees are covered with flower buds. There are some at the end of all the branches.
The chickens scatter the mulch around the Thomasville (hybrid of Fortunella japonica)
We hope for a few more days of rain soon, to keep everything nice and green.
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