Moderately cold weather continues, and we still have only about six or eight inches of snow. This time of year we should have at least a foot and a half! The farmers are worried about it being excessively dry this spring with so little run-off \u00e2\u20ac\u201c although we had such an incredibly wet fall, we can hope that will make up for it.<\/p>\n
Finally we are getting some stretches of sunny days! Now that I am no longer rising to an alarm clock, I find that I tend to wake up at dawn. Not so bad at this time of year, but I am wondering if I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be rising at 4:30 am in the summer! I will hope that if I do, it will be just to enjoy the morning chorus of birdsong, and then drift off to sleep again … Not that I would mind getting up at dawn, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the having to go to sleep so early in the evening that concerns me!<\/p>\n
My hibiscus, after years of little or no bloom, due primarily to a bad infestation of spider mites, plus the need to be repotted, is full of buds of all sizes. It has already produced two blossom, and I could swear they are a more intense orange than they used to be. This morning I counted 15 more buds, suggesting this will be the most blossomfull season since I rescued it (from a friend who regarded plants as interior decoration rather than as living things).<\/p>\n
My Christmas cactus, which finished blooming before Christmas, is blossoming again, just a few flowers this time.<\/p>\n
Most amazingly, I looked under the fabric coverings I put on my empty pots in the sun room (to keep the cat out), and three of the pepper plants have sprouted leaves from the cut-off stem of last season\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s plants. One of them even has a flower bud on it!<\/p>\n
Obviously, despite the cold, the lengthening days and intensifying sun are showing that spring is on its way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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