The neighbors’ roofs had frost on them (I didn’t look at ours), and the birdbaths had 1/4-1/2” of ice. The uncovered peach and apricot trees still look good. Some blossoms and fruit will probably not make it, but I’m guessing less than 20%. It’ll be nice to get some after last year’s goose egg for apricots and only a few peaches.

We successfully covered most of our flowering and fruiting bushes and trees, and they seem to have fared better than those we didn’t cover. If we see a difference in the outcomes of covered vs. uncovered maybe I’ll post some photos of what we did.

How are your pears looking, Rod?

George Hammond kindly passed along this link to a garden listserv. [list] It recommends using textiles (not plastic) to cover trees and shrubs. Presumably a light cover on tender annuals is also a good idea. Me, I wait till May 15 to plant anything but half-hardy plants, regardless of how nice it is.

If it were my tree, I’d just hope for the best and avoid tarping etc that might damage the tree.