Spring Means Almond Blossoms in Manteca

 These are pictures from Manteca when we were there for Charlie's blessing last year.  I have always enjoyed seeing the almond blossoms.

Blossom Season in Manteca

Almond Season is a special time of year in Manteca.  The orchards are beautiful.  This year it has also been very cold.  Wednesday it hailed.  I had to take ice, almost like snow, off the windshield.  I was able to make a couple snowballs with it.  A Facebook friend posted a picture of ice on the blossoms.  It has been cold as well.  I asked a home teaching family about the danger to the almonds.  He raises almonds as well.  He said during blossom season the ice can actually protect the blossoms from the cold.  However, in a couple weeks, when the almonds first start to develop, they are more susceptible to the cold and the crop would be affected. 

Manteca Blossoms, Just Starting to Bloom

For most of the almond groves it is still too early, but her are some of the first blossoms.  These are on South Union.

Life in Manteca 117: Manteca Almond Blossoms 2015

Pictures are three weeks old, but blossom time is one of my favorite.  The trees carpet the ground with so many blossoms it almost looks like snow.