around trees in the orchard. Red June & Burbank plums pretty well out in blossom. Fine & warm today. ground getting dry. no rain hardly so far this Spring. May 13th Finished digging around trees in young orchards. May 14th. Started Hoeing old strawberry patch. May 15th. warm & dry. Hoeing strawberries look like a poor crop all drying up. put in half a day watering hotbeds. May 16th. Cold again this morning. some more strawberry blossoms frozen. Had a big shower tonight. will do a lot of good. went into Hamilton and brought Grandpa & Grandma out for over Sunday. May 17th. Cloudy & cool. This is first day of Blossom Week. not all out here yet. May 18th. Some frost again this morning but do not think it done much damage here but some places report damage done. to SB {strawberries}. & cherries etc.