Again I refer to a previous post, Home At Last, April 22. This is not a pictorial memory of last autumn, but in fact, April, 2007. Only a few weeks ago, these were tender young leaves welcoming Springtime to our land. But despite this "Global Warming", a mini ice-age brought destruction. When we returned from the Tropical Paradise, the first thing we had to do was light a fire in the heater.
I have never seen it like this before. Sure, we have late frosts that kill the plums or peaches, but this was on a whole new scale. Entire trees were frostbit. There were dead, brown leaves on the ground. I was beginning to wonder what would happen with all this new growth wiped out. But there is yet hope. This is a tiny bud, on the Fig bush. All is not lost after all. The trees are beginning to recover too. Perhaps Summer may come after all.
4 comments:
we had the same thing - b itter cold killed all the new growth on the holly bushes in the back yard. Trees are recovering faster around here, though. you muct have had a stronger cold snap than we did.
And summer is definately arriving with 90 degree weather here...although it's supposed to drop again tomorrow... schizophrenic weather.
It hit the poplars surprisingly hard, but they are starting to come back. The trees in town didn't seem to get it so bad.
I'm waiting in the wings with my new bathingsuit and sunscreen
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