Surviving the Late Freeze!

April 16 - 4:00 a.m.  - 24 Degrees!

Valley Patch - Duke blueberries

We are blessed beyond measure this year.  On the morning of April 16 when the temperature plummeted, we were pretty sure that we had lost our crop.  The berries were in bloom and at least the first couple of varieties were in a full bloom state.

However, instead of turning brown and falling off to leave nothing to pick, the blooms stayed on and we now have green berries forming.

Blooming blueberries, late April, 2018

Because of the cold temps in the spring, our crop is running late.  Usually the raspberries are beginning to ripen right now and at this point in mid May, they've barely begun to form.

With warm temperatures on the way, we are expecting to have berries to pick around the middle of June.

For now, we are just dancing and happy that there will be a crop. In 2007, the late freeze destroyed the whole crop and we didn't have a harvest that year.  Wouldn't you know that it was the year our oldest daughter had a destination wedding in Jamaica?

Thankfully, it looks like we will have a crop this year.  The first variety - Duke - is a little thin, but there are berries on that variety as well as the other varieties.

God is good - all the time!