Thinning is about to begin

After a brief pause it’s time to get back to what is happening in our orchard. Youth nights have been extraordinary. The service missionaries have been busy doing the last of the pruning, fertilizing the trees, organizing and updating the barn, as well as the routine maintenance items like mowing grass and planting additional trees.
But now the thinning must start. So from May 22 until harvest the trees need to be thinned. Without thinning the fruit will be smaller than desired. After all the sun delivers only so much energy to the tree, and the tree divides that energy among all the fruit that is on it at any one time. When thinning we want to remove clusters and fruit that is too close to each other. To help with this the service missionaries are available during the assigned hours to help anyone with questions. We try to have several of the more knowledgeable missionaries at the drop off points to explain more when you arrive.

We appreciate all the effort everyone adds to this orchard and we hope to see you all several times over the next month or two.