TODAY IN THE ORCHARD
Valerian in bloom
Today I cut fire blight out of the orchard and completed weeding the asparagus patch. Fire blight should be removed from the orchard as it appears. This is to minimize its spread to other trees. The fire blight has not been terrible (yet) this year, but what is there needs to be removed. We cut it back to green live wood if possible but leave a stub to be cut off more neatly next winter.
The Milkweed, Valerian and Yarrow are now in bloom, as is one of my favorite wild flowers: Pinks.