Here in California we read about your horrible winter and wish we had some of it. Our winter has been the dryest I have ever seen and I have lived here for 80 years. I am having to water my garden in the winter which is the only time it rains in California. Al

We're in the midst of a horribly cold and snowy winter here, too! I'd give anything to have warm temperatures about now! I've got a huge bulb bed waiting dormant to see warmth and sunshine... will it ever be spring again??!

Fear not! Spring always works its way up to you from the south. My first daffodils (Campernelles) began blooming this week! No, I'm not gloating....really....honest :)

My first daffodils (Campernelles) began blooming this week! No, I'm not gloating....really....honest :)

I'll only believe you if you will share a pic or two with us.

Sue...with snow, ice, and well below normal temps here too

It's still winter in my area of the south! Lows at night about 15°F, with windchill around Zero! Wind has been awful for several days, 20-30MPH and gusts in the 40MPH range. Everything that wasn't tied down, moved a great distance!
Nonetheless, a few Crocus, Narcissus Jonquilla, Cyclamen coum and the Texas Red Quince have managed to bloom.
Most Helleborus x hybridus are in bloom, but all plant parts are on the ground, due to cold temperatures. H. niger seems to take it all in stride and ignores the cold. So does some other species.
I'm trying to finish with the winter seed sowing, but the ones destined for garden beds will have to wait until the ground thaws! So will any shrubs and trees waiting to go in the ground.
Keep warm!

you guys are lucky here in Northwest Wisconsin, we wont see any crocus blooming until the first week of April, The snow wont even be gone until the end of March, I have my spring flowers resting in the Fridge, I plant these on April 1st.

Doggone, I've got to get my girls to teach me how to post pictures! Sue, you'll just have to turst me on this one. The pseudonarcissus started opening this week, and the hyacinths buds are showing color.:) I dearly, dearly love spring! What would we do without bulbs?

We had a taste of spring this past week. The snow and ice stubbornly melted away (although I can still see a few patches in the cold spots). I finally got out into the mush yesterday and saw a few snowdrops poking up and signs of life in the hellebores. It feels good, but when winter returns for its final attack it will really draaaaaaag.

I wish I could help with the picture posting but forgot how to do it myself!

You need to have the pictures already on a website such as Photobucket that allows linking. They have the html code already for you to use, you just copy and paste here.

The code is really simple though:
right click on the photo and copy photo location

(img src= paste your photo URL here)

You replace the parenthesis with