Frozen fruit?

Like everywhere else in the country, our orchard has had its first serious frost of the winter this week.

Actually, as per normal, it's been nothing like as cold here as other parts of the country. We're hoping that the nice, damp weather we had in January has been enough to get the trees properly established. They are also clad in plastic rabbit guards, which we've been assured don't just stop gnawing but also act as mini-greenhouses. They're also protected by the mulch that went on as a way of stopping competing foliage from growing.

New Plum tree in its circle 

of mulch

We'll be putting more guards on, just to be safe, before the spring. As far as we know, we only have rabbits around here as potential tree vandals: never seen deer, which are the other possibles. 

Now that the temperature's rising again, we'll get out take care of things.