Go forth and plant

Sunshine.
Mulched or cover cropped soils will still be wet. Roto till the fields and go forth and plant ASAP. More slugs and snails.
Weeds and lawn are out of control. My rain gauge had 4 inches of new rain.

Weather

Get out the water wings and boats.
No more codling moth or filbertworms yet.
Best to transplant rather than using seed for the next week.

Raspberry rust

Raspberries are coming into the Extension office with severe yellow rust on the leaves.
Pick off the infected leaves. Clean up infected leaves. In the fall prune out old stalks.
Use a good fungicide, such as lime sulfur or wettable sulfur to control the rust.

Grass

Try and keep with the mowing of grass. It is growing very fast in the cool weather.
Weeds are growing very fast. Roto till, hand weed or mulch to slow the weed population down.

BRRRRR

Another wet and cold weekend. Plantings continue between rain storms.
Codling moth emergence has slowed greatly. Be aware during the next warm spell.
Strawberries and blueberries blooming.
Some late apple blooming- long bloom time.
Start thinning peaches, pears and apples when they get nickel to quarter size.

Wet and Cold

More rain for the next few days.
No codling moths since the weather turned colder.
Cedar apple rust on apples and pears.
12 spot beetle on the move.
New batch of slugs and snails coming.

Insects and Extension

No more codling moths since it got cold.

May 18 - the levy for Extension was turned down. Very shocking. May 18-20 scrambling to determine our future. We are working very hard to look for alternative funding and housing. Being here since 1914, there is too much to loose. Keep tuned.