ShadowMan
Designated Grumpy Old Fart
They survived NINE FEET OF SNOW! 
This last winter we got hit with a once (hopefully) in 100 year snow fall. We grow our strawberries in large pots on our deck here in the mountains of So. California. But I never figured they would survive such a harsh winter. Our two cherry trees got a little dinged under all that snow and now have a pretty heavy lateral lean, but are blooming and survived also. SIMPLY AMAZING.
Took advantage of the recent sale at Stark Bros., and added several apple trees: Braeburn, Granny Smith and Jonathan, pear trees: Asian Pear & Bartlett, a pair of Elberta peach trees and several Raspberry bare root starts. Also just ordered a half a dozen bare root and potted Pinyon Pine trees. Took a while to find sources for them.
Our lone Elderberry bush we planted last year also survived the heavy snow and one of my buddies has a bunch wild native Elderberry bushes he's invited us to come and transplant some to our land. We also have wild native mountain currents on our property and managed to make through the heavy blizzard without too much damage. Our own native California Black Oaks also survived. A lot of folks lost oaks due to the heavy snow that severely damaged and knocked a lot of them down, too often on homes, power lines and vehicles.
This last winter we got hit with a once (hopefully) in 100 year snow fall. We grow our strawberries in large pots on our deck here in the mountains of So. California. But I never figured they would survive such a harsh winter. Our two cherry trees got a little dinged under all that snow and now have a pretty heavy lateral lean, but are blooming and survived also. SIMPLY AMAZING.Took advantage of the recent sale at Stark Bros., and added several apple trees: Braeburn, Granny Smith and Jonathan, pear trees: Asian Pear & Bartlett, a pair of Elberta peach trees and several Raspberry bare root starts. Also just ordered a half a dozen bare root and potted Pinyon Pine trees. Took a while to find sources for them.
Our lone Elderberry bush we planted last year also survived the heavy snow and one of my buddies has a bunch wild native Elderberry bushes he's invited us to come and transplant some to our land. We also have wild native mountain currents on our property and managed to make through the heavy blizzard without too much damage. Our own native California Black Oaks also survived. A lot of folks lost oaks due to the heavy snow that severely damaged and knocked a lot of them down, too often on homes, power lines and vehicles.
