Flowers And Fruit Set In Salmon Arm, BC Today

Got to be some of the first of this year's haskap production, Doris and Axel Hvidberg from Salmon Arm shared this today from their Indigo Yum.  Are the rest of us jealous?  You betcha!  Leaves not even out yet on the northern prairies.  Good on you, you two!!!

Pollinators

With spring so comes buds, then leaves, then flowers.  Without insect pollinators no berry production occurs.  Here are a couple of links to articles of which haskap growers should be aware.  These cover pollination, pollinators, and bee loss...

http://www.xerces.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/farming_for_bees_guidelines_xerces_society.pdf

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/bees-may-get-hooked-on-neonicotinoid-pesticides-1.3044237

Ready To POP!!!

Thanks to Randy and Elaine Rodgers for showcasing what's happening in their orchard in BC this past week!!!