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January 22, 2011 at 12:04 am #597697
ToddinWestwoodMemberGo outside and look at your trees and bushes. They are budding early this year. Also the tulips are poking thru early.
IS mother nature telling us something?
January 22, 2011 at 12:09 am #714631
JanSParticipantyeah…that it’s gonna snow in February – lol…it’s not nice to mess with Mother Nature ;-)
January 22, 2011 at 12:39 am #714632
herongrrrlParticipantYes! Mother Nature is telling us to be more observant! What you’re describing is very typical plant behavior for this time of year. In fact, some of the plants I’m watching are actually running a little late this year.
For the past few days, I’ve been hearing song sparrows doing their spring-song warmups, too. And yes, I suspect Jan’s right, we’ll have another snow before winter is said and done. I really think we have more than 4 seasons here. Maybe we can call this one “mock spring” or “spring teaser”?
January 22, 2011 at 12:49 am #714633
JanSParticipantI was listening to the birds this afternoon…it’s a sign…always enjoy when the world starts to wake up again :)
January 22, 2011 at 12:58 am #714634
RarelyEverParticipanti can’t wait for spring!! bummed that (so far) we haven’t had more snow, but for me january and february are just the “treading water” months before stuff starts happening here again.
on that note, spring here in seattle is the most spectacular season EVER! i transplanted 6 years ago from CA and would never want to go back. i’ll be hopping excited when the first crocuses (?) start coming up… then the irises & tulips… the rhodies… omg omg omg!
January 22, 2011 at 1:03 am #714635
JoBParticipantJanuary 22, 2011 at 1:49 am #714636
Genesee HillParticipantTime to prune the roses…and start pulling weeds.
This is the time of year that I can feel the approach of Spring.
January 22, 2011 at 1:54 am #714637
inactiveMemberYay! Buds and shoots! Isn’t it cool how everything responds to the subtle, slow increase in daylight we are seeing?
Spring is my favorite season and my perennial shade garden proves it. But this year, I’m so excited because I’m going to be able to *finally* get a vegetable garden in. I’ve even been perusing canning materials :). Psyched to learn how to do that! Freeze stuff, yup. Canning? Never. But, we’ve got Feb and March to get through and they can be oh so wild and wooly.
January 22, 2011 at 2:03 am #714638
Genesee HillParticipantSpring and early summer! The best time(s) of the year!
January 22, 2011 at 2:48 am #714639
Genesee HillParticipantIn like a Lion, out like a Lamb. Love it, and so appropriate.
January 22, 2011 at 2:59 am #714640
jwwsParticipantDon’t forget the WS Garden Tour is July 17th – ten gardens on the tour this year!
January 22, 2011 at 3:56 am #714641
miwsParticipantAnybody have a forsythia blooming?
When I had my house, there was a forsythia, Rhody, lilac, apple tree, holly and roses.
The forsythia was always the early bloomer, so when it started blooming, that meant to me that it was Spring.
The earliest “Spring” I can remember, in my 15 years living there, was February.
Mike
January 22, 2011 at 3:57 am #714642
charlabobParticipantCome on, kids — don’t we believe in the groundhog out here? (And can anyone tell me if shadow/six more weeks of winter is good or bad?) I predict a November ice/snow/sleet/whine about the DPW period in mid-February. But I know about as much as a groundhog.
January 22, 2011 at 4:08 am #714643
austinMemberI went snowshoeing today, pretty wintery if you ask me. Too, my camellia always blooms this time of year.
I predict that everybody is going to be talking about how it’s still too cold come june.
January 22, 2011 at 2:39 pm #714644
anonymeParticipantThe forsythia is blooming, as well as the sarcococca and mahonia. My hellebores are ready to pop. The starlings are waging their annual hormonal assault on my soffits. It’s a bit early to prune roses, especially as more snow and hard freezes are predicted. The weather is a perennial topic…
January 22, 2011 at 5:21 pm #714645
JoBParticipantJanuary 22, 2011 at 5:37 pm #714646
jwwsParticipantJoB,
My Golden retriever, Molly, is having NO trouble working the ground (I fear my crocosmia will be a little thinner this year..). Let me know if you need to borrow her for earth turning or hole digging – she really excels at hole digging! ;-)
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