Re: Signs of Spring

Oh ick.  Was actually pleasant here today.  Was a nice break from the
freezer section we've had.
And I have robins year round, and fat ones at that!   All my birdies are
fat.  They're going through a 100 lbs. of seed or better a week now.  Plus
suet and fruit tenders and other treats.  Little oinkers.
Jesse's goldfinches are so fat it's a wonder they can still fly.


On 2/5/07, Donna <gossiper@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> no spring here.... last night it was minus 10 degrees then add the wind
> chill.... we are in a real cold snap and are breaking records....  for
> temps
> and longest times under freezing.... burrr... and no relief in sight till
> end
> of next week... sigh.
>
> Donna
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Andrea Hodges
> <andreah@hargray.com>
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Sent: Monday, February 5, 2007
> 5:09:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Signs of Spring
>
>
> The only signs I've seen are
> the robins flocking to my yard. I always forget
> how big they actually are til
> I see them each spring. The Azaleas are
> budding up (some are blooming) and
> all of the Magnolia soulangeanas around
> town are putting on a show. It's a
> bit early for them so they won't be
> adding their color to the real show later
> this month and early in March. I'm
> just ready for it to be warm. Not hot, but
> warm. The days are getting longer
> though and that ALWAYS makes me smile.
> A
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT"
> <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Monday,
> February 05, 2007 12:55 PM
> Subject: [CHAT] Signs of Spring
>
>
> > For the first
> time in a month, the weather turned gorgeous on a weekend
> > we had no plans.
> Woo-hoo! I was out raking leaves (again) in the front
> > when I saw crocus
> blooming in the lawn. I must have planted those 10
> > years ago, but the blooms
> fade so fast the timing has to be just right
> > for me to see them. I needed
> the cheer too because the garden scenario
> > could be better.
> > I finally got
> to prune and dormant oil the fruit trees. But while I was
> > digging out a
> stubborn clump of grass near my newest peach, the whole
> > tree shifted. Oh
> that's bad, I thought, and a little digging revealed a
> > huge gopher hole and
> no surface roots on the peach. It still has a tap
> > root. So we set a trap and
> I tried to settle the tree as best I could,
> > but I have a bad feeling about
> it. Then I checked the remaining jujube -
> > I lost the first one last year to
> gophers - and sure enough there were
> > no roots at all, the whole thing just
> lifted right out of the ground.
> > Okay, no jujubes. Two established trees, a
> Santa Rosa plum and a peach
> > have bad damage from what looks like fruit tree
> borers. I know I need to
> > pay  more attention to them with sprays and all but
> the whole thing was
> > pretty discouraging. I did decide to get a couple new
> trees (instead of
> > just giving up) but I have got to come up with some kind
> of gopher
> > barrier and at the moment I have no clue what to do.
> > So while I
> was raking out six feet of leaves off the front garden beds,
> > I noticed HUGE
> gopher mounds in there too. Huge, I tell you, at least
> > two feet across and a
> foot high. We must be breeding some kind of
> > smart-gopher because there were
> no mounds at all around the peach tree,
> > I would have seen it, so they are
> figuring out where it's safe to build
> > cities and where they need to be
> stealth.
> > And things keep looking worse from the deep freeze, as I go on
> there is
> > more damage apparent, but we'll see what happens in spring. Many
> plants
> > in the front beds that normally have leaves through the winter now
> look
> > freeze-dried, but they are perennial so I am figuring on regrowth when
> > it warms up. The bigger rosemary bushes look unaffected but the
> > prostrate
> rosemary does not look so good. I have not seen growth from
> > the amaryllis
> belladonna at all, and there should be lots of it. Foliage
> > on another winter
> bulb...ummm...galanthus?,is completely limp. But the
> > nandina looks very
> pretty, it is a deeper red than I've ever seen it.
> > One of our ewes is
> showing signs of lambing within a couple weeks and
> > hopefully the other two
> won't be too far behind. Our fingers are crossed
> > for no drama this year,
> last year was bad and we do not want to have to
> > assist in any deliveries.
> >
> Oh yes, signs of spring. Besides the crocus, we have started getting the
> >
> occasional egg from the chickens, and my ash trees have big fat buds for
> >
> their version of flowers. And the horses are shedding. I would have
> > thought
> they'd wait for warmer weather but no. This could be really
> > entertaining as
> I pulled enough hair to knit myself a new pony out of
> > just one little area -
> when it really starts coming out we could be
> > buried. Horsehair cushions
> anyone?
> >
> > Cyndi
> >
> >
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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