Of course I’d be disappointed if we don’t get fruit but seeing the blossoms is pretty exciting too. We can still have a late freeze or a hail storm, or grasshoppers . . pleasel . . not grasshoppers! I’ve learned not to count on having fruit til I have it picked and in the house. But, the blossoms are so gorgeous and so promising.
Peach Trees
We have four peach trees and they all bloom and ripen at different times.
Peach Blossoms
We have five plums and they are pretty much in full bloom right now.
Plums
It was dusk so it’s a bit hard to see all the blossoms.
Plum Tree
The plums are smaller than commercial plums. The skins are lip puckering sour and the insides are sugary sweet. They are so good. I have to remind myself not to eat too many. I will stand out under the trees and eat plums til I make myself stop.
Plum Blossoms
We’ve never had this many blossoms before so . . I’m hoping for lots of plums. There are so many bees in the trees that standing anywhere near the tree, all you can hear is buzzing.
Apple Tree
The apple blossoms are just beginning to open too. If the chickens remember how much they loved the apples last year, they will get them before they get ripe but they’re so funny to watch, that I don’t even mind not getting apples. The chickens will fly up and peck at an apple and continue to do that until it falls. Then they all go off chasing that one apple. It’s very amusing watching 20 or more chickens trying to get the same apple.
Pear Tree
I think we have 8 pear trees and we never get many pears. I cannot figure out why. We’re doing everything we’re supposed to be doing. Maybe this is the year. I love pears and I love pear pie, pear preserves, pear butter, pear juice. I really want pears!
All of the trees are loaded and the blossoms should start opening up any day.
Not a lot of activity yet on the persimmon, cherry, pomegranate, jujube, apricot or crabapple. I don’t like our crabapple . . it’s more mini/ornamental. The tree is pretty and the blooms are gorgeous so I’ll keep it but it isn’t the variety I would like to have. I doubt we plant any more fruit trees here so, what I have is what I keep. It’s still early for the fig trees to show much activity. I’m not sure if they will sprout from the top or come up from the roots. This was the coldest winter we’ve had since we’ve been here so . . we’ll see what they do.
I think that’s it . . I’ve covered all the fruit trees we have.
Nelle Coursey says
Love the pictures!
Susan says
They are gorgeous! Knoxville has Bradford pear trees all over the city. Most of them are fruit trees, a few are flowering only, but they are so beautiful as they bloom. How fortunate you are to have that right in your yard!
Sherrill Pecere says
My dang fig tree has been in the ground here for 3 or 4 years and hasn’t gotten bigger than about two ft tall so therefore hasn’t done squat! Makes me so mad because the guy behind me has one that’s HUGE and he gets tons of figs (I remember one year he made bottles and bottles of fig wine).
Rebecca in SoCal says
That’s wonderful that you have bees to pollinate your trees, and that you are supporting them. Win-win!
It’s so nice to see the pretty trees, even if you end up not getting fruit from them. Yep, that’s the ticket.
Sherrill: fig wine? I don’t believe I’ve ever heard of that before!
cassews says
Very nice and hope ya all don’t get a freeze any time soon!!
Joyce says
I have a visual of chickens playing soccer with an apple…LOL
Jeri Niksich says
Funny that your posting about how many blooms your having all over, I only have a Lime tree. I usually get a fair amount of Limes all year long but just last week I went to pick some for couple of pies, goodness my tree is almost all white with all the blooms and I had to be extra careful for all the bees out there!
Jackie says
Do your fruit tree blossoms smell? I can remember riding the bus home here in Florida when I was a kid and smelling orange blossoms. One of my favorite smells ever!