Thought this Lyme story would interest you. A couple years old, but I had never read about that before. Would debunk the conspiracy theories.
https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/15651/
I'm contemplating covering the tiger lilies. They're probably already a foot tall near the house right now. I really don't wanna look at frost burnt lily tips all summer. Thank goodness almost everything is slow to bud this spring.
MET is 17F which would still be the coldest ever for so late in the season. Something tells me it doesn't fully decouple though...especially here. CON is always a wildcard in marginal situations.
As I looked out beyond the hearth I gazed upon two score oxen frozen midstep. I set out on my way and proclaimed to the goodwife “pray remember me. Fare thee well.”
1816 redux?
The trees were all leafless,
the mountains were brown,
The face of the country was scathed with a frown;
And bleak were the hills,
and the foliage sere
As had never been seen at
that time of year.