Festival of Tu B'Shvat

The spring, a little bit unusual, has come to Israel today. Unusual because the dust storm from Africa swept into Israel and covered the central and southern parts of Israel.
But nobody cancelled arrival of spring.
So, there is some history about.
The 15th day of the Jewish month of Shvat – 30 January this year marks the New Year for Trees and one of four “New Years”.
As it says in the Torah: “ and when you shall enter this land, you shall plant fruit-bearing trees …”.
The origin of Tu Bisvat lies in the ancient Hebrew taxation system, which was based mainly on the tithe of every farmer and the day of Tu Bishvat marked the end if one tax year and the start of a new one.
And it is true. Only one week will pass after of Tu Bishvat and we will see changes – the deciduous trees that lost their leaves during the dry season will start new growth of the leaves and we will see a lot of flowers.
And now some photos that I took in my favorite greenhouse where I usually buy the plants.