Ume in full bloom Hot summer is expected

Ume is fully out. The 1st blooming this year. The winter has been rather cold and the flowers are slow coming out. This long chilly winter may be the reverse of extreme hot wave in the coming summer in this age of climate change. We might have cruelly hot and burning summer this year.

At another house in this property, my parents used to look at them from the dining room over the table. They have planted 4 of them around their house. Ume is a very viable tree without much illness etc. Ume fruits could be harvested later. That was the reason why my father had planted them. He was seriously considering of food crisisin the future, even though ume fruits could never be staple food. Planting a lot of fruit trees, he might be feeling less worried about hunger he has experienced during the war.

These ume trees have lived for more than 4 decades. I wonder who would appreciate this blooming in this season a few decades later.

I have started planting potatoes. A bit earlier than usual expecting that heat upcoming soon. We might have poorer harvest of vegetables this summer. We should get ready for that.