Re: Still crazy weather!
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  • Subject: Re: Still crazy weather!
  • From: &* <d*@comcast.net>
  • Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:12:20 -0500
It was 75 here this afternoon. I've got a slew of things blooming, some that aren't due until April. Storms are predicted for tonight - not unusual for spring in the south. We've had some wild swings this winter, from 70 to 20 in a day- hard on the plants- but I can't do a thing about it, so I enjoy what is.
It's been so warm this winter that I'm still picking broccoli side shoots from a fall planting. Bloomers today include Quince, Forsythia, Hellebores, hundreds of daffs, Crocus, candytuft, Hyacinths, Vinca major, snowdrops, Chimonanthus praecox, Loropetalum! Osmanthus fragrans, Mahonia, Lonicera fragrantissima, Hamamelis virginiana and probably a few things I've forgotten. Quite a change from last year.
If your soil is warm enough, plant the peas. If not, wait a bit. What have you got to lose besides a few seeds? 

d
----- Original Message ----- From: <Aplfgcnys@aol.com> 
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 1:18 PM
Subject: [CHAT] Still crazy weather!



Am I reading the calendar wrong?  Is it really still February?
It's  57 degrees here this afternoon, and this morning I picked
Snow Drops, Crocus, and Hellebores.  Daffodils are up 6-8 inches
and have swelling buds.  The quince buds have been showing
color for more than a week and are half open today.  There have
been a couple of cold snaps - it was down to  17 degrees on
Sunday, but didn't even freeze on Monday night - 34 degrees.

I keep telling myself not to remove the leaf mulch on my
perennial beds, but it's hard not to do it.  I keep remembering the
"April Fool" snow storm a few years ago that caused us so much
damage.  Oh well.

Last year I couldn't plant peas on the traditional pea-planting day,
St.Patrick's Day, because the garden was still snow-covered and
the ground frozen. This year I could plant them any day because
the ground has never fully frozen.  Should I stay with St. Pat's?
Or try for an early start?

Auralie


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