Lot of pest problems this year. Plum Curculio knocked out a lot of peaches, plums, apples, and apricots. Still finding drops with larvae inside. Rose Chafers were out thick all last week. Must have trapped and killed 1000+ of them. Had to hand pick daily for the whole week. They did some damage to the apricots and peaches. They've been letting up the past 3 days and I've stopped hand picking. The traps are still catching them.
The sweet cherries are ripening.
Its been very wet lately. We had been dry for most of the month, but Saturday night over 5 inches of rain fell! This week there is a chance of rain every day.
I'll be removing several peach trees after the fruit ripens and planting either a row of pines (boring?) or a row of seedling pears for use as grafting stock.
You really should've considered a career in entomology. You'd have a handy understudy, at least.
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