Rain and Trees

Our yard is full of trees and shrubs. Every year we have a period of a few weeks when we wonder how the weather will be to enable the trees to flower and be visited by our friendly bees. Last year it was the warm weather followed by a late frost which killed much of the apple crop in Ontario.Another Year the bees did not appear in numbers and our trees were left unpollinated.

This year we had a beautiful beginning for the vegetation. Recently we have had plenty of rain and cool nights followed by humid days which is ideal for the growth cycle. The farmers are happy but the trees are even happier.I have rarely seen the amount and quality of growth in all of our trees.The fruit trees are heavy laden and the ground vegetables, specially the strawberries are doing very well. The squirrels and raccoons are visiting the parch every night checking the ripeness of the fruit and it is early in the season.

I expect to have ripe berries by the 8th or 9th  of June which will be a little early for us.It is really no consincedince .that the reaifall has been just perfect this year.In Oakville a few years we suffered a drought for two years and we lost a huge number of our mature oaks . The Ash trees have been attacked by a beetle which killed thousands of our ash trees which lined our streets . Most of them have been replaced by new trees ans in front of our home two Elm trees were planted. With this rainy spring they have flourished as well as the many across town.

You can water from the tap all you want but there is no replacement for a good all day or night rain .Mother nature controls the vital products  that make our earth live and breathe. It is curious that countries which do not support good growth patterns for the health of their forests eventually are left with virtual desert conditions.Our water resources are the life blood of the our nation and must be treated as such. Everyone can join in and help by planting a tree,  a bush or anything green to aid mother nature carrying out her vital role.