While you may be dreaming of summer,  area’s orchard owners are focused on what spring could mean for their trees.

Much of northeast Wisconsin was under a frost advisory Friday morning and will be under a freeze warning Saturday morning. Temperatures below 30 degrees are expected in some parts of the area.

For gardeners, this means covering some plants that are already in the ground and moving others inside if they are still in pots. While that is feasible for people with small gardens, it is not easy to do the same for the area’s fruit trees, which will be blossoming in the coming weeks.

Soren’s Valhalla Orchards owner Terry Sorenson has been watching the temperatures for the past three weeks, ever since the buds on his cherry trees started to swell. If weather conditions do not cooperate, Sorenson believes his crop of tart cherries could be limited, as others could be, because of the tough winter.

The forecast is a little brighter for apple growers, which usually see blossoms shortly after cherry trees show their color. Hillside Apples owner Bill Roethle says while his apple trees are starting to show some of fall’s promise, the cool start to spring has helped keep their blossoms under wraps for now.

Warmer temperatures in the coming days should allow orchard owners and gardeners alike to breathe a sigh of relief, though temperatures could return to the 30s late next week.