A March Spring
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I’m going to regret this, thinking it’s spring when I know better. Apil is often a month of freezing rain and short, heavy snowfalls. Unfortunately, my plants are just as confused as I am. They are budding out, leafing out and a period of freezing weather could do them in. Still, there’s no point in worrying about what I can’t change. For now I’ll just enjoy the shirt sleeves and the greenery. Here’a some pictures of what I found on my morning walk around the garden. Of course, as I can figure out quite how this woorks I labeled all the pictures maple syrup. It’s obviously lots of other things. The bee hive frames are waiting in the green house for new foundation.
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March 21, 2012 at 10:08 am
For me, spring is definitely here. We technically have a few weeks until the last frost date, but the lows have been in the 50s consistently for the past two weeks. It’s unlikely, but if there’s another freeze I’ll just have to scramble to cover everything up. I’m entirely too ready for the growing to begin.
March 21, 2012 at 12:30 pm
Yeah, the weather is perfect – for June. Poignantly beautiful, that. One can only hope the summer is not equally as unusually warm.
March 21, 2012 at 10:14 pm
You’re in Ontario, fairly close to me, I think? Anyway, I was reading on the weather network that it’s supposed to return to more seasonal weather by the end of this week.
March 21, 2012 at 11:27 pm
I also have the “itch” to garden. We are stil so cold. It was fun to see your pics!
March 21, 2012 at 11:44 pm
I feel the same about this weather, here in Wisconsin. It’s much too early for 80 degrees. My raspberry canes are leafing out, the herb bed is coming to life, and the tulips are up. We’ve had the windows open and the fan on all day, I’m really trying hard to keep my husband from turning on the air conditioning. In March! I’d better start looking for something to cover up the raspberries and the tulips, cause this can’t last. We’re still due for at least one snowstorm.
March 22, 2012 at 8:57 am
Some of your maple syrup is masquerading as yarrow!
EVERYTHING is happening here. I must admit to being a little cautious but have put several rows of cool weather crops in. In my indoor starts I was testing some Golden Zucchini seed for viability, and they are so large (they’re viable!) that I am really going to have to transplant them soon, but am making little mini-greenhouse domes out of recycled milk jugs for them.
March 22, 2012 at 9:00 pm
12 inches of snow yesterday. They closed down the passes. I’m sitting in my comfortable chair looking out and it’s snowing again. The weather report for the next five days shows no let up. Spring! What spring?