KamuSnow Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 It's only Wednesday, March 1st, and it's going down to 20F Friday night, but there have been many signs of spring here going back a week or more. Daffodils well up as of last week, groundhog browsing out back this past Saturday, butterfly bushes with (small) leaves, honeysuckle leaves. Today, a couple of rose bushes with growth starting, and actual blooming daffodils across the street, along with a lot of other small early spring wild flowers (and weeds of course). Tonight put it over the top for me - we heard peepers! Ironically the forsythia is holding out (probably due to being in a shaded area). Now, off to research what if anything can or needs to be done to protect some of this early growth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redmorninglight Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Maple trees blooming, blueberry bushes starting to open buds, bunker active on the bay. Crazy early. I even saw laughing gulls on Saturday. Red winged blackbirds have been back for some time now too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penndotguy Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 I think the writing was clearly on the wall by the end of January that this was not going to be a winter to remember, the long range cold snaps were just that 1 or 2 days at best then weeks of above normal. That had to be the mildest Feb. ever as far as I can remember, now that we are into March and the long range seems to be status quo a couple at or below avg. followed by several above average temp. wise Spring has indeed sprung as far the foliage and plants, heck I saw a guy with his tractor mowing on Tuesday. I guess we could still have that rouge snow that no one expects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 The tulips in our landscape bed are up to about 4 inches out of the ground, and there is some new leafy growth popping from the mums. The grass is starting to green up as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 10 hours ago, Redmorninglight said: Maple trees blooming, blueberry bushes starting to open buds, bunker active on the bay. Crazy early. I even saw laughing gulls on Saturday. Red winged blackbirds have been back for some time now too. Bunker active on the bay??? Snag n drop time!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds~69 Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Birds chirping at pre-dawn while I take my stroll....it's Spring.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iceman Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 I've been out golfing 3 times already, it's spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Di Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Yes looking like another early planting season for us. This will be 3rd time in recent years doing so with only 1 year losing some tomatoes in a May frost. If things work out this year and I have the energy, may do a 2nd planting of beans. The one thing I do hate is just when you think you're over winter and enjoying the early signs of springs, the clocks go ahead and you're waking up in the dark again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurricane Agnes Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Late-blooming lilacs are trying to leaf out. Honeysuckle and sweetspire never lost their leaves. Blueberries have swollen buds.... I hope like heck we don't get an April freeze to kill any blossoms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamuSnow Posted March 2, 2017 Author Share Posted March 2, 2017 9 hours ago, Birds~69 said: Birds chirping at pre-dawn while I take my stroll....it's Spring.. It's Spring about 4 days a week for me. Kind of a roller coaster, and there's some outside stuff I want to do but I need at least 5 days in a row of 50's or 60's. And not 20F 2 days later, please. I've been noticing the spring songs too - nice. (Not today though). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 On 3/2/2017 at 7:10 AM, Voyager said: The tulips in our landscape bed are up to about 4 inches out of the ground, and there is some new leafy growth popping from the mums. The grass is starting to green up as well... At 8 degrees this morning, I do believe we might have lost the tulips. I'm more of a turf guy and don't know a lot about flowers, so I don't know if they're strong enough to recover... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurricane Agnes Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 21 minutes ago, Voyager said: At 8 degrees this morning, I do believe we might have lost the tulips. I'm more of a turf guy and don't know a lot about flowers, so I don't know if they're strong enough to recover... Usually the leaves on bulbs come up first so if you just had leaves and not the bud stalks, the leaves would get hit but the flowers might be okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurricane Agnes Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Bottomed out at 14F this morning. Currently 15F. That took out some of the early opening lilac leaf buds. Hoping the rest of the buds on the shrubs were at a more protected stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 13 minutes ago, Hurricane Agnes said: Usually the leaves on bulbs come up first so if you just had leaves and not the bud stalks, the leaves would get hit but the flowers might be okay. Yeah, it's just the leaves. They're about 4 inches out of the ground, but there's no bud stalks yet. I thought about covering them, but while it might have kept the frost off them, the air temperature still would have been 8 degrees. Thanks for the reply. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 1 hour ago, Voyager said: Yeah, it's just the leaves. They're about 4 inches out of the ground, but there's no bud stalks yet. I thought about covering them, but while it might have kept the frost off them, the air temperature still would have been 8 degrees. Thanks for the reply. :-) Even with closed buds, most bulbs/buds are hardy and will survive a freeze (tupils, daffodil, hyacinth). Not sure about sub 15F though....normally doesnt get this cold once buds have popped out of the soil. When they are flowering open buds anything under 32F will destroy them and they (the flowers) brown up the next day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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