Where is Spring?!

15 years ago

I want warm weather and sunshine NOW! It was so pretty and slightly warm the other day, now it's rainy. All day yesterday and today it poured rain. Dogs wouldn't go outside and so Luther had a large accident all over the kitchen and livingroom. It's cold and cloudy today. I wanted to plant my peas before the end of February too, but that's not going to happen now. Not only is there a big puddle in my garden but I don't feel up to it.

What's the weather like where you're at?

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kacram
15 years ago
Absolutely gorgeous. The temp is now up to 32! Just
getting ready to take Dory for a walk. The sun is out,
the sky is an amazing blue! The white trees and ground
is so bright and beautiful! Very energizing!
gorgeous!

ciao for now!
User
15 years ago
kathsgrdn, you will have to come to Fl, its springtime here. Today is only 67Ã¯Â¿Â½ but it could get hot later.
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Well, now they've changed "snow showers" to "snow" on Thurs and the hourly is showing it starting 1 pm tomorrow, pretty light til after midnight but then steady so kids might not have school (or will have delays - it's standardized test week so they won't want to cancel). Back to "snow showers" on Friday, hope DH can get home b/c he's on a business trip, supposed to fly back Thurs night. I'll have to call my uncle to plow us out if considerable (and hope it doesn't accumulate too much again b4 DH gets home, if he even gets into the airport), the PS belt is shot on the tractor (add it to the list of repairs for this year - and that's not going to be easy to replace). We still have about a foot on the ground (though it's melted off the mounds where I planted blackberries/raspberries, I can see the pine branches I covered them with now). Of course more than that along the sides of the driveway, but only 4ft instead of the 10 that had been piled up there from shoveling/plowing the last 2 storms. I can't wait to see grass again! The sap has been running for weeks, so maybe spring's coming? Still below freezing when we wake up though.
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I didn't move here for my wife. I move here for work. I met her after I moved here. I get back to Bama once a year to visit with my family usually in the summer. I gardened extensively there. My maternal grandparents lived just four blocks away from us when I was growing up. My grandfather had two huge gardens. I would say that each of them was around 1/3 of an acre in size. He taught me everything I know about vegetable gardening. You've seen too many movies about the South when it comes to the critters running around down there. While small garden snakes are common especially if you have blackberries or anything that forms a thicket of foliage, you don't have to be on guard about every step you take to make sure you're not about to step on a snake. If you live in a more urban area then snakes are not seen that often. In more rural areas like where I live now, you will occasionally run across a larger snake but they will leave you alone as long as you leave them alone. Unless you surprise one, they will always run away from you. There is one exception. If you live near water, you may have some cottonmouths near the water that will come after you if they get annoyed like they easily do in mating season. Black widows and brown recluse spiders are usually found in areas like under a deck or in a crawlspace. While I saw them many times growing up, it's not that common to see them. Keep in mind though that there are many species of spiders down there so your chances of seeing a spider in the garden are much better than here. Some of them are very large, too. But they don't usually pose a problem. Actually, the spiders and snakes help keep down the population of several other creepy crawlies there. You left out scorpions which can usually be found around stacks of things like firewood, bricks, rocks, etc. I've never been stung by one but I've heard it hurts like the dickens. Like spiders and snakes though, they help keep down the population of other things. I've never actually seen a fire ant hill in person in my life. I think those are more prevalent in south Alabama. My accent would sound mild to you (like Bill Clinton although not quite as pronounced). I've lived over half of my life in the north so I've lost some of it. Bill Clinton doesn't have a deep voice but most Southern men do including me.
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maire_cate
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It's 55 today in the Philly area and spring is emerging. My witch hazel has been blooming for 2 weeks, the maple trees are budding red, the forsythia blossoms are swelling, my hellebores are getting new leaves, the daffodils are 4 inches tall...........and yesterday I was out with my concentrated Round Up spraying the alpine weeds that were growing away underneath the snow.

This weekend I'll start pruning some hollies, rose of sharon, roses, sweet autumn clematis, liriope, sedge, crape myrtle etc.
marie_ndcal
15 years ago
Below 0 all day now -7 Yes Spring and Summer would be a good thing for all of us here in ND especially the farmers and gardeners and eveyone else.
Kathsgrdn
Original Author
15 years ago
Joanne, we are supposed to be in Florida in about a month. Hope I feel up to the trip. I'm so ready for warm weather.

Maire cate, I did notice the other day the tulips or daffodils are starting to come up in the backyard.
kacram
15 years ago
Here are our skies for today....

and the sun peeking thought the trees on the way down
the road...
Kathsgrdn
Original Author
15 years ago
very pretty Kat!
phyllis__mn
15 years ago
I think spring is hiding under all this snow!
joyfulguy
15 years ago
Patience, girl, patience ...

... it's coming!

And, as Dad used to say, "... so's Christmas!".

ole joyful
glenda_al
15 years ago
Beautiful here. The pear trees have really blossomed out over the past day or two.

81 on my back deck and cloudy. Got my living room window raised.
OklaMoni
15 years ago
It's here, in Oklahoma. But with it came the high pollen counts, and I am truly miserable... and a prisoner of my house. Pollen got me knocked down and is holding me hostage.

I'll be hoping for another two weeks to pass, and this part of spring to be over.

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ruthieg__tx
15 years ago
We are having beautiful spring like weather but the truth is we will still have a few cold spells and it usually frosts or freezes around the first week of April.........so we are not out of the woods yet. I have been working on my garden all week. I planted onions with lots more to plant and kale and cabbage......It's basically one bed. I have peas sprouting in a paper towel and will get them planted this week ...hopefully Monday or Tuesday. I potted up 8 tomato plants just to get a head start on tomatoes. Can't put them in the garden yet as it's too early...We will have some frosts before it's tomato plant time but this way I get some nice big plants with strong root systems.
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15 years ago
My yard says spring is here. One of my daffodils has a bud on it and so do the hyecinth and some of the iris. The trees have started developing those little buds they get before they bloom and leaf out. The roses are putting on fresh leaves. The mums, dianthus, and hollyhocks are coming back up from their roots. I discovered that the phlox has already started blooming.
OklaMoni
15 years ago
Adella, I have blooming daffs in the house For Sale in Edmond. Not all varieties, but the all yellow ones are in bloom.

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maryanntx
15 years ago
It feels like Spring here in my part of Texas. High today was 89 and now at 6:00 it's 88. I love it!!!

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