Hello Grapevine Readers!

Well, it has been great to see the sunshine today, although when you read this it will likely be cloudy or raining again.  It seems like winter and cold, wet spring days have drug on forever.

I was out trying to finish pruning my fruit trees with my son over the weekend.  It appears that the bud development is 7-10 days behind many years. It also appears that we need a lot of good drying days before we can do any work in our wet soil. 

So, for now, do what you can.  It never pays to rush and work in the soil until it is dry enough.

                                                                                      Sincerely,

John Hixson	George McVey
Extension Educator, Agriculture	Program Assistant,
Natural Resources &	Horticulture
Community Development	Master Gardener Coordinator

                                           

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