Spring?

Spring 2007

The photo was made on May 7. 2007. The ruddy leaves on the trees are not new spring growth, but are the results of a heavy freeze. March of that year was much warmer than usual, and by month’s end we had several days in the 80° range (27°C). Maple and other trees bloomed and began making leaves, as did apple trees and everything was looking good for a beautiful spring. Unwise people already had vegetable gardens in the ground and the area was rife with early spring flowers. In mid-March, the Siberian Express paid a final visit with the coldest temps of the entire winter, at nighttime falling to -0° (-18C) and daytime highs ranged from the low teens to mid-twenties for several days. We are having a bit of the same early spring-like weather again this year and many plants that did not die out in 2007 have yet to fully recover. The only advice I have is don’t plant your taters until the last new moon of March and even that is no guarantee of success in our changing climate.
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It’s spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you’ve got it, you want – oh, you don’t quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so! ~Mark Twain----
Have a great Wednesday, y'all!
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