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Another cool snap has hit with lows in the 40s. I bet it will be October before we get that low again. This week we pretty much finished up thinning. You never completely finish because I usually go back over some varieties throughout the summer. We sprayed this week for insects and disease. We also are mowing and disking the middles to keep the orchard clean and chop up old pruned limbs. We applied more fertilize to young trees and some old trees which have a big crop. This week we will summer prune young trees to allow more light in the middle of the trees. This will help next years bud crop. It will also be a good week to get the vegetables in order before we get busy picking. It still looks like mid June before we start picking. We’ll be back next week with a new update.