April 2, 2024 My flowers

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Lemon Tree Blooms

 

Since the weather temps have turned cold, I brought my lemon and lime trees in to protect them.  As you can see the Lemon tree has sprouted blooms.

 

This one opened first and I can't wait to see if it will set fruit and support it.  It had many fruit set back in the summer, but a bad hail storm came along and knocked them all off.  So, since this time they are protected inside, maybe I'll get a few lemons before long.

What's Left

 

Here you have all that's left of a once tall tree........salute!

At The Ground

 

Here he goes around the outside of the base, to cut it off at the ground.  Since it is mostly hollow, he used a smaller saw, to go around it.

The Final Blows

 

Down to the big trunk and it's officially "downed".

Down It Comes

 

Down to the last big limb, and then the base......

Limb By Limb

 

Every move he made, was in the form of a safety belt protection.

History Coming Down

 

150 years of tree coming down today.....

Mango

 

Here is my mango tree, that I sprouted from seed back a few months ago.  It stayed in the house all winter, and has started to put on new leaves, since I fed it last week.  Am interested to see what this year's growth will yield.

What Rain?

The skies got dark, yesterday and the wind did it's best to blow it down to us.  But our area still didn't get any rain.  Only a tease and that's not funny considering we were almost washed away back in May of this year.  This is twice in the last week that we've had a good chance for rain and when it did come, it only last a few minutes.  It didn't even make the ground soft and there's so many cracks that need to be filled.  I swear, it's either "feast or famine"!

Dry Ground

Summer is really here, with all the dried out sun burnt plants and cracked ground.  Yes, after all the good rain we received in May, the ground is dried out and cracking.  No help from the weather predictors either.  Seems, that if there's any chance for rain at all in the next week it will on by 30% and that's one day.  The area that could be blessed is in the upper top of our Texas State, around the Red River and TX/OK borders.  They don't expect it to come on down into our areas.  I don't see any help from the coastal area waters either.  Hurricanes, are few this year for some reason?  I suppose we can be happy that the 100* degree weather has been less this year.  Then we haven't made it to August as yet!
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A Difference?

What a difference a day makes!  Yesterday, it was all rainy, windy and miserable with the hurricane coming through.  Today, it's blue skies, sunshine and the wind is calm.  The ground is saturated once again and will take several days to dry out.  The heat is coming back and that makes the humidity build.  I guess it's still a good day, even though all the things that need doing will be put off a few more days.
 

Storms

 

Everyday, for over 3 or 4 weeks, we've seen storms, flooding and torrential rains.  Texas, has been a drought zone and now it's a flood zone.  Many have lost their lives, homes and businesses to the heavy flooding.  As for us here in my yard, we've been very lucky and blessed to only have a few limbs fall from the trees.  Thank God!

 

Peaches

 
I was afraid that when we had that freezing weather, it would cause a problem with the peach trees already in bloom.  But it didn't ruin the peach crop and the weather has been great for plenty of rain, so we should get some good one's this year, if the birds and bees will leave them alone.

Sleet

  

I saw a robin yesterday evening, so I know it won't be long until spring arrives.  Until then, we will just have to maintain and survive until the fun times begin.  Right now all most people can do is "hunker down" and ride out the bad weather.

Winter/Spring?

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood.........and the temps are creeping up into the 60's, so that means we are in for some nice weather.  The problem is that we will have some more freezing weather and the trees and spring plants will be confused and get frost bitten.  I guess there will be a problem finding good fruit again this year at the stores.

Trees Blooming

 This is the old elm tree in the front yard and as you can see it's putting out it blooms.  The other trees are doing the same with the warm weather we've been having.  The blooms are plentiful,  which will turn into seeds that it will drop and cause many new seedlings to pop up in my yard.  These are a problem, because I have to keep cutting them back when they get too big.  The flower beds are full of them and it's a constant battle each year.

Peaches

 

This was one of my peach trees, last year.  Our weather has been volatile this year, with warm and then cold spells, back and forth.  The trees have already started to bud for the coming spring and now we have another freezing cold front happening.  I'm afraid what will become of this year's crops with all this weather fluctuation.  The spring plants are subject to this problem, as well!

Money Out of Pocket

It's amazing the amount of money that can be spent on keeping up a yard and garden.  Last year I remember investing large amounts just to keep the yard in city code shape and clean.  It means that if you want to have a yard that keeps standard viewing, then you are going to spend money on it.
My vegetable garden cost quite a bit of cash as well.  This leaves me to think about down sizing the coming year.  I did the type of garden one is accustomed to having in the years prior to now.  Back then you had a huge garden with all types of vegetables to support the coming harvests.  Today, it's not feasible to have such a garden considering the things that just won't grow right in certain soils and the weather.  Certain soils take a large amount of mulch to get it in shape for planting seasons.  I'm one person who is not young anymore.  I have to pay people to come and do the heavy work for me.  Here in you have more expense. 
This coming year I am considering having raised beds that can be easier controlled.  The harvest will be less but I'm sure the area involved will produce better.