By The TME Team

“The beautiful sunshine is making everything start to bloom in Neenach,” reports Jeff Zimmerman this week from the Western Antelope Valley. “The M&M Peach Ranch was in full bloom on Three Points Road [on the way to Elizabeth Lake] and the poppies are coming next!” he added.

Meanwhile, Zimmerman scouted along Bear Mountain Boulevard (State Route 223) near Arvin, which has a warmer climate at the base of the Grapevine, with an elevation of 500 feet.

He found a healthy carpet of green with a sea of purple and orange beginning to bloom, illustrating the impact of the recent rains.

In case you missed it, on March 10 we published a guide to the wildflower hotlines covering this region. June Schmidt, who compiled the guide, said the wildflower blooms that are starting in earnest this week are

This is part of the March 17, 2017 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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