Woohoo! Let's hope its true. I'm itching to get started.

I don't know, Kathy. The last two years, our mesquite up here (North Ft. Worth) have been lying dogs!!!
J.D.

After Wednesday morning, there will be no more frosts this season.

Kt

Wishful thinking and the last two years are betting against you but I do hope your right even if the odds I give you are a long shot 15-1 against you . 27 and 28th March froze last year and 24 and 25th of March the year before that. Maybe in the heat sinks you might be lucky.
Whatever the outcome Happy Growing David

Hey, kentuck, didn't we go through this last year??? LOL
Only one more cold snap after this one, and that will be Easter.

It actually snowed at my house on Easter weekend last year and I live in Austin! I thought the same thing about the Mesquite leaves here---they have popped, as have their flowers. Many of my perennials have begun greening as well. I hate it when this happens.

I sooo hope its true. The trees are leafing out here. Its suppose to freeze tonight and last year we had sleet on Easter Sunday.

Sam

My next door neighbor cut all of her perennials back to the ground last weekend. I jokingly told her she was making my beds look horrible, but I learned my lesson on that the hard way one year when I lost a bunch of Lantana by cutting back too early. I think I will wait a while longer!

The same thing here Easter weekend, except we had sheets of ice. It melted the next day and everything was fine.

The key word is "killing" frosts.

Wishful thinking can be very convincing. We had a freeze here the night before last. I don't know about other parts of Texas, but I know that there will be at least one more freeze where I live.

The where you live and knowing your plants tolerance to hard freezes is key to low risk planting this early. I will freeze again too maybe next Monday night.
Micro-climates play a huge role here around Canyon Lake. I had folks on Wednesday tell their last average freeze ran from early March to early April. I am glad I do these types of workshops as it helps people understand that even tho you read in the paper from San Antonio or Austin that it is "safe" to plant now that in between these two locations there is still a wide difference as to when "safe" might be.
Happy Growing to all and spring is a comin even if it is here for part of the state already. David

Yes, Carrie.lol I was right last year, and I'll be right again this year! I've already taken some plants out of my greenhouses since they are cooking in there. At most there might be a light frost but no more freezes, so I am taking the hardier ones out first.

Kt

I have forgotten where you live, Kentuck, but here in North Texas, I feel we will have another freeze, though not a killing one. Good luck on taking everything out -- think I will wait until after Easter (I just open the doors so they can get circulation - seems to be working).

Yes, I'm down south and I can't speak for you northerners:).

We had one night down to 22F this Winter, and the rest of the cold spells were upper 20's or higher and they never last more than a few hours.

Trees are all blooming and leaving out and the grass is starting to grow.

Kt

Well, that is happening here as well, but that does not mean that MN will not zot me one more time. Happens all most every year... I don't plan on anything until after Easter.

How true. No matter what, the future is just that, the future, and it CANNOT be predicted accurately.

Everyone has heard some surefire wives tale that foretells the end of Winter and the beginning of Spring, whether it is pecan trees budding(which have buds on them here) or mesquite having leaves or certain grasses starting to grow or geese flying north or chickens cackling more than usual or certain flowers blooming or animals shedding more or lightning storms in January or even a groundhog seeing his shadow. These are all just predictions and not fact.

The bottom line is, NONE are correct ALL of the time.

It would easier to look back at all recorded temperatures in your area through the years and see when the absolute latest frost was and use that as a starting point, then look at the frequency for frosts before that date and get a better idea of what might happen.

So, having said all of that, the frosts are over for this season(for here).

Kt

And I envy you that !!!! Probably not true here !!!!

I heard the other day that the latest recorded freeze for the DFW area was April 10. The AVERAGE last freeze date is March 16-31. If the AVERAGE is the middle, then you would have a 50-50 chance of making it freeze free from those dates on.

Think I'll wait.
;-)
J.D.

Me, too, especially since it is predicted to freeze here tonight --- bah, humbug, MN.

Supposed to get into the upper 30's tonight here. The problem will be the wind, drying out the new leaves, but not the cold.

Kt