Hutch, I generally start putting cool weather crops in the ground end of March and grow food til it freezes in October sometime and pretty much grow what I like to eat- nothing special.
noob, your trees should survive; it's the fruit that probably won't make it. And, in fact, with new trees in the ground it is better that they don't produce fruit the first year in. This way the energy can go into developing a good root system. Stone fruit crops (i.e. cherries, peaches, plums etc) often don't make it here. But apples and pears do well. The trees thrive. Just don't always get fruit. At 7000 ft we get early warm ups in March when the stone fruit trees blossom and set fruit, then a cold snap inevitably comes as the fruit is setting and we lose the crop. Sour cherries, apples and pears bloom later so rarely get frozen out.
Hutch, I generally start putting cool weather crops in the ground end of March and grow food til it freezes in October sometime and pretty much grow what I like to eat- nothing special.
noob, your trees should survive; it's the fruit that probably won't make it. And, in fact, with new trees in the ground it is better that they don't produce fruit the first year in. This way the energy can go into developing a good root system. Stone fruit crops (i.e. cherries, peaches, plums etc) often don't make it here. But apples and pears do well. The trees thrive. Just don't always get fruit. At 7000 ft we get early warm ups in March when the stone fruit trees blossom and set fruit, then a cold snap inevitably comes as the fruit is setting and we lose the crop. Sour cherries, apples and pears bloom later so rarely get frozen out.
