i don't want to alarm anyone....

[NickieL]

BUT in my garden...I found my first tulip pokeing out of the soil.....

In january. In zone 5....

[hengal]

Thats not surprising considering the unusually warm weather we've experienced recently. I have a couple of perennials that have peaked their heads up also.

[Ravenlost]

Daffodils have been poking their heads out since Christmas here.

[chickenista]

The forsythia has been blooming around here for awhile now, but then again...they are always blooming!

[Woodpecker]

my iris where coming up i had to tell them its not time yet

[rwinsouthla]

That's nothing....I just ate my first tomatoes, squash, and cucumbers.



But I bought them at the farmer's market. Sorry........

[Windy in Kansas]

Not here for awhile will they be poking out. It is currently 24º at 3:30 p.m. after an overnight temp of 3º. And to think that I roto-tilled ⅓ acre on Monday gearing up for spring planting.

[CIW]

This winter has been quite odd here also. Overnight lows in the single digits.
But the horses seem to know something that I don't. They are starting to shed out. Maybe an eraly spring in the Mt. West.

[turtlehead]

NO NO NO NO NO!
I'm only TODAY pulling out the dead asparagus ferns and piling on the old straw and bunny poo.

I'M NOT READY!!!

[Terry W]

The pussywillows here are trying to bud out---I missed the witchhazel blooming---sigh

[happyladybug]

Oh Yeah - - we are all over that here... -13 here now.. expecting -27 tomorrow morning.. But something must be in the air.. cause - i'm on the
Seeds of Change website... with an awful fever...

i can smell the dirt just thinking about the tulips and daffodils you guys say are popping up.. lucky dogs...

Just have to remember - my time is only a few months behind you!! :baby04:

[Terry W]

Oh, I forgot-- been seeing a LOT of Canada geese flying overhead-- and I see the Pa Dept of Whatever has started their Snow Goose watch-- Lot more birds out here now-- the owls are quite vocal about their "intentions" as of late... So far, Barred, Great Horned, and a couple Screech Owls are being heard on a regular basis. The Pileated Woodpecker never left for the winter- and he is going to town on the dead trees.... Red tailed hawks are cleaning up a lot of roadkill, as of late. Seems at this point, we have more hawks than crows! And the deer have broken apart their winter herds-- lots of fat, sassy does crossing the roads- expect to see fawns pretty soon. The Kestral that lives up the road has already returned . Nice to see him back.