Spring is Here

jal_ut · Sun Mar 20, 2016 1:59 pm

What a beautiful day. Clear blue skies, not a cloud in sight. Temperature 51 degrees at noon. No breeze. Tulips and daffodils just starting to come up.

Mr green · Sun Mar 20, 2016 2:12 pm

Seems like we have similar climates! Tulips, hyacinths, and the Crocus is stretching out after the long rest. Finally the terror of winter is once again leaving.

AnnaIkona · Sun Mar 20, 2016 2:23 pm

You folks are so lucky today...it's raining here in BC

applestar · Sun Mar 20, 2016 2:47 pm

B-T-S · Mon Mar 21, 2016 7:17 am

Our temps here in central KS are warm, today is going to be in the mid 70's and mid 80's tomorrow. The down fall is 30mph winds for the next 10 days

Gary350 · Mon Mar 21, 2016 7:36 am

Spring WAS here we had 75 to 86 degree weather for a month now it is 30 degrees and snowing here today. It is going to warm up to 56 today. I was planning to try mow the yard today if its not too muddy grass in 8" to 10" tall in several places and water is still 1" deep in one place. Typical TN weather, I call it swap season.

Spring is almost here.

SPierce · Mon Mar 21, 2016 8:49 am

It's snowing here! About 2 inches. Looks pretty, hopefully the last of the season!

HoneyBerry · Mon Mar 21, 2016 9:53 am

Lots of rain and wind here. Daffodils and tulips and hyacynths look nice. The grass is really green. Lilacs and rhodies are budding nicely. They will bloom soon. Spring is my favorite season.

catgrass · Mon Mar 21, 2016 11:05 am

Windy! Temps were in the 80's last week-37 this morning at 6:30. We usually have a cold snap around this time every year. Hope my beans, tomatoes, cukes and zukes are ok-cause I did not cover them.

Allyn · Mon Mar 21, 2016 3:20 pm

I miss tulips, daffodils and crocus. It doesn't get cold enough here over winter to set the bulbs.

The up-side is that I have blossoms on my new tomato and bean plants. As catgrass mentioned, it got nippy last night. I covered my plants and so far this morning, everything looks okay.

Taiji · Mon Mar 21, 2016 6:04 pm

The pear tree has burst! A couple of 28 degree nights coming though...

It's nice inheriting something like this, it was already here.

edited by me.

maybe shoulda put this in the fruit forum. But the discussion was about spring! Just out of sight of the pear tree, though I did plant some radishes, swiss chard, and onion plants, (short day) , does that count ?

j3707 · Mon Mar 21, 2016 6:46 pm

Glad to hear it jal_ut, I know you've been chomping at the bit.

Taiji -- those blossoms are beautiful. I have a few young pear trees and more than one of them is about to blossom...I might get my first pear this year!

jal_ut · Tue Mar 22, 2016 12:25 am

We have a full moon tonight, a little obscured by some cloudiness.

Mr green · Tue Mar 22, 2016 5:58 am

Allyn wrote:I miss tulips, daffodils and crocus. It doesn't get cold enough here over winter to set the bulbs. The up-side is that I have blossoms on my new tomato and bean plants. As catgrass mentioned, it got nippy last night. I covered my plants and so far this morning, everything looks okay.

I would trade tulips daffodils, crocus for a better climate anyday of the week!

Nice looking moon!

Allyn · Tue Mar 22, 2016 2:49 pm

Mr green wrote: I would trade tulips daffodils, crocus for a better climate anyday of the week!

It's a trade-off. In a couple of months, it will be so scorching hot (40+ degrees C) and humid (95 %) that it'll be too oppressive to go outside.

Mr green · Tue Mar 22, 2016 3:06 pm

Allyn wrote:It's a trade-off. In a couple of months, it will be so scorching hot (40+ degrees C) and humid (95 %) that it'll be too oppressive to go outside.

And here so cold that you will stay inside!

But the high humidity your talking about sound a little bit to much yes! 40degrees is ok to me! But not much more, around body temp works fine, a bit above that starts to get really tough to work in.

The last snow left my property today!

jal_ut · Wed Mar 23, 2016 10:54 am

An inch of snow this morning. 32 degrees and partly cloudy. Springtime in Utah!

Mr green · Wed Mar 23, 2016 2:54 pm

Thats a beautiful landscape what a view! We are promised some snow by the weekend I hope not, but its not unlikely.

jal_ut · Fri Mar 25, 2016 11:31 am

Quote: SPierce... It's snowing here! About 2 inches. Looks pretty, hopefully the last of the season!

Giggling at this. Here I have had snow every month of the year. One never knows when it comes to weather?

SPierce · Fri Mar 25, 2016 7:25 pm

jal_ut wrote:Quote: SPierce... It's snowing here! About 2 inches. Looks pretty, hopefully the last of the season!

Giggling at this. Here I have had snow every month of the year. One never knows when it comes to weather?

So true! I'll place a $100.00 bet, though, that your garden is much more epic than mine! and you have more room... I'm so jealous.

I'm in New England, and heck I've had it thunderstorming in the back of the house and snowing in the front. In terms of work (I'm an architectural photographer) I'd absolutely love to have snow all year, or at least in spurts- makes the buildings look lovely!

I guess since we didn't get any snow at all (or barely any) at all this year, the urge to garden and get my hands dirty this year has been more of a driving force. I'm relishing the extra growing days, too ! I have been busier in terms of work, so I can buy more containers to plant in, more soil, and fill up as much as the yard (on the side of the house) as I possibly can without bothering my housemate (owner of the house).

I also never use the back garden, but I planted some cold weather stuff back there so I might even get those going, too. So I'm really relishing in the fact that, unless I screw up and kill all my plants, I can grow more of my own food this year!

jal_ut · Fri Mar 25, 2016 10:29 pm

SPierce, that picture I posted is of my garden plot. I have put in some onion sets and a few spinach seeds, but too early for any growing yet. As I write this its 8:25 PM and the temp is 34 degs F. I am retired from the construction industry, and live on a 2 acre plot with my wife. I grow a big garden and sell at a Farmer's Market. I am ready to get to planting, but its been too cold.

Mr green · Sat Mar 26, 2016 7:52 am

jal_ut wrote:Giggling at this. Here I have had snow every month of the year. One never knows when it comes to weather?

I have seen it in every month except August so far. But has happened in the past so maybe one day I can say the same thing...

Today is a beautiful sunny day, I'm going out there to do something or nothing doesnt really matter!

jal_ut · Sat Mar 26, 2016 12:14 pm

Wow! 10:00 AM and its clear up to 41 degrees. Sunny yet nothing growing.

Mr green · Sat Mar 26, 2016 12:21 pm

I ended up doing some weeding here and there. Got rid of a massive root system of nettles around my Rhubarb it was quite pleasing.

SPierce · Sun Mar 27, 2016 11:06 am

jal_ut wrote:We have a full moon tonight, a little obscured by some cloudiness.

So pretty!

and I feel a bit crazy - my eyes didn't even register the garden plot under the snow... the photographer in me (I do this for a living, for better or worse!) just saw the landscape and I thought "Ohhh, pretty!"

Still jealous of your large garden plot. I'm using, like, 45+ containers this year. When growing up I always had a garden plot, and used to garden with my grandfathers. Now I live in a rented room and we have a yard, but it's all solid stone (and fill), with maybe 5 inches of really clayish soil at the top, just to keep the grass going. It's a gardeners nightmare.

jal_ut · Sun Mar 27, 2016 11:48 am

"and I feel a bit crazy - my eyes didn't even register the garden plot under the snow... the photographer in me (I do this for a living, for better or worse!) just saw the landscape and I thought "Ohhh, pretty!"

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I started playing with cameras when 13 years old, have had a number of different cameras since and used to have my
film developing setup in the basement. Then the junk hit the fan and I end up out on the street........ anyway, after a time
I get a new house but the digital age is upon us so I got some digital stuff and don't use the old film type cameras these days. When cell phones became available in this area, I went looking for the phone with the best camera in it. I wanted a shirt pocket camera. Its nice to have a good camera in your shirt pocket. Nice to be able to share the photos online and send one to the color printer if a paper copy is needed. Have fun!

jal_ut · Mon Mar 28, 2016 9:33 am

Monday 28 March: Wow another 5 inches of pretty white snow.

SPierce · Mon Mar 28, 2016 9:40 am

jal_ut wrote:"and I feel a bit crazy - my eyes didn't even register the garden plot under the snow... the photographer in me (I do this for a living, for better or worse!) just saw the landscape and I thought "Ohhh, pretty!" "

I started playing with cameras when 13 years old, have had a number of different cameras since and used to have my
film developing setup in the basement. Then the junk hit the fan and I end up out on the street........ anyway, after a time
I get a new house but the digital age is upon us so I got some digital stuff and don't use the old film type cameras these days. When cell phones became available in this area, I went looking for the phone with the best camera in it. I wanted a shirt pocket camera. Its nice to have a good camera in your shirt pocket. Nice to be able to share the photos online and send one to the color printer if a paper copy is needed. Have fun!

Same here. Digital is a necessary nowadays, simply to keep the costs down for my clients! Every once in a while one will ask for film, but the camera I have now is the closest I've ever seen a digital come to film...

Rain here. Listening to it hitting the roof, collection containers outside. I love it. So relaxing I could fall back asleep