rain

2.2. inches or rain has fallen here in the past three days...heavily at times...

and some of the blooms have been suffering for it...

while others have come though without a scratch...

there are clusters of unopened berries-to-be across the beds so i am thinking the rain poses no existential threat to the berries...they are spring bloomers...they are accustomed to rain...

i have begun to photograph four specific blooms in a bed in an effort to accomplish what the name of this blog infers...chronicling the process of a bloom becoming a berry...we will see how this works out...a lot depends on the blooms in this...i'm just watching...so far they are still blooms...changes as they arise.

buds and blooms proliferate

two of the three beds of strawberries have come to life with blooms and buds...earlier than i expected...then again it has been a busy year in between season and the start date from 2019 may have escaped my memory...the native berries shod be blooming next month and, unlike these, will bloom and bear fruit into october.

2020

the berries and this blog have been dormant too long...we will try to be less remiss in tracking the berries this year...first blooms i have found this year.