Here too, I saw the first spring beauty flower today and the round lobe hepatica started blooming a couple days ago. The daffs are in full show and the crocus as well. The forsythia branches I cut a few days ago are blooming on the kitchen table and the ones outside are starting to show color. The bloodroot leaves are just starting to peek above ground so it won't be long before they bloom.

It is always a rush to see the first blush of spring and to see all your hard work pay off. Congrats!

I can't wait! If spring has shown its face down there, that means maybe only a month left up here. Yahoo!!

Diane

I was pleasantly surprised while planting my Dixondale onions to find the Hardy Banana showing new growth from all but one of the shoots I cut back to 1 foot and heavily mulched with shredded leaves last fall..

Our coldest morning so far has been -5 degrees.

Keith

Things are growing too fast here. I think we'll have to mow today because the winter weeds and grasses are turning into huge monsters. Even my bermuda grass is showing some green already. It seems like the plants are rushing headlong into spring. The temperature at our house reached 80 degrees yesterday, and that's the 4th or 5th time this month we've hit the 80s, so everything here is wide awake and growing.

Working out in the yard right now is the most heavenly experience because the plum trees are in full bloom and the air is heavily-scented with the fragrance of plum blossoms. I've cut a few small limbs and brought them inside so we can enjoy the fragrance of them as well.

Some deciduous trees here have been blooming for 2 or 3 weeks now (it seems to early) and our tree pollen counts have been very high and hard on folks with allergies. About 4 days ago I noticed trees are starting to leaf out (also seems early for that).

Every little bit of green is greatly welcome after a long winter.

Keith, That's wonderful about the hardy banana. I have heard of them coming back from pretty cold winters, but I am kind of surprised that the -5 didn't get it (though certainly am happy for you that the plant survived).

Every living life form here is out and about, including bees, yellow jackets, ladybugs, butterflies, moths, ants, spiders and all kinds of migratory birds. We've had huge numbers of migratory robins for about 10 days now. They seem to stop in our area, eat and refuel for a couple of days, and then move on north. (Some stay all winter here, but the big flocks we're seeing now are the ones migrating from further south.)

Even my cannas are pushing up new growth out of the soil, and I am seeing tiny sprouts of reseeding chamomile and basil in the garden, among other things.

I love spring. My early tomatoes in pots (I have seven of them this year) have been blooming for 5 or 6 days, so if those blossoms set fruit, we'll be harvesting our first tomatoes in April.

Dawn

Looks like things are waking up here, too... Kellyville. Just noticed lilacs leafing out, jonquils are coming up, forsythia is rubbing it's eyes, stretching and yawning--- how do y'all trim limbs for flowering inside?

Also, estimated low of 26 tonite. Get back under the covers, stuff!

All I see in henbit, dandelion and mud.

I did go to M&M greenhouse in Cameron and buy some Yucon Gold, Kennekec, and Red Lasoda seed potatoes, some Candy sweet and Red Candy Apple onions (Dixiondale). I also bought 4 lettuce plants and 8 Premium crop broccoli to try.
So far my favorite lettuce is Red Sails but I have only seen the seeds one time and now I cant remember where I saw them.

It must be an addiction because I already have more seed started than I have room for in the garden. As fast as my soil is drying out I should be able to plant about the 4th of July. It seems to always be too wet or too dry.

Larry