Not only has the time change of a week ago thrown my body time clock for a loop, but I'm having trouble adjusting to the early snow melt we're experiencing this year.
This picture was taken of Papa Pea plowing snow on April 19th a few years ago when we had a normal winter.
And another one of the same morning showing the 2' high snow drift on our deck.
This is the scene of our raised beds and part of the field garden today. No wonder I can't adjust to the time of year or time of day change!
Yes, we are melting fast, but in the back of my mind is April 17, 2019, when we had an huge dump of snow, and were out packing snowshoe trails again! My garden beds are almost bare, and a lot of the field around them is, although there is still some deep stuff in the bush, and on the shaded south sides. It sure is spring like today, a 'throw wide the windows' day! Happy Spring, Mama Pea, Papa Pea and Little Pea.
ReplyDeleteWell, it's too soon. We still have to moan and groan about the absence of spring (while we race around starting seeds and organizing our gardening paraphernalia) for at least another 2-3 weeks. I can feel the panic setting in...
ReplyDeleteIt is an early one here, too. Have you started any seeds? Last year with the Covid sense that nothing normal would ever be accessible ever again, I started seeds in my kitchen. I have not done so this year. I imagine it's not too late. The tomatoes did pretty well. I think I still prefer this early spring over your snowy April pictures. -Jenn
ReplyDeleteThat has GOT to be disconcerting!
ReplyDeleteRosalea - We're expecting rain for the next couple of days which should take care of all our snow that's left. Of course, the weather people are hyping up the fact that the rain could turn into snow, but I personally think that's just because they need something to get folks riled up about!
ReplyDeleteSusan - I had to grin at your "well, it's too soon" words! That's an understatement. We're a bit farther behind of spring than you are, so for sure it's too soon!
Jenn - With your now official retirement, I'm sure you would like an early spring to get out and on projects you've maybe never had time for before . . . but I'm sure Mother Nature is just fooling with all of us! I've still got time before starting seeds because even though our snow is all but gone, our temps probably won't warm up any sooner than usual (sigh) so there's no way I can think about setting those little tender started plants out before June. Unless I knit full-body suits for them.
Michelle - Yepper, it feels really strange. And just not right!
I agree about the weather. It’s too early but people have been flocking to the garden centers and buying plants. I planted peas for the first time on Sunday but all the other seedlings are under grow lamps in the basement. It’s still getting down to 32 or below at night here in northern Virginia. I don’t think we will get snow but there has been an occasion or two in the past when we have had snow for Easter ... just sayin’ ...
ReplyDeleteKatie C. - Our garden centers are a ways from thinking about opening! Even when our do open and people buy plants, it's still too cool to set them to shiver in outside soil. I'm forcing myself to keep in mind that even though our snow is all but gone and the poultry is finding shoots of green grass in their pasture, our air temperature (and hence the soil) will remain cool (or cold!) for some time to come yet. Your peas should be fine as they love the cool weather in which to grow and can take a slight frost even when they emerge. You'll have fresh peas months before I do!
ReplyDeleteThe weather is just plain bazaar. Like EVERWHERE!
ReplyDeleteCorrection, Mama Pea. It was 2018 that winter came back. I was just looking at pics for a post.
ReplyDeleteRetired Knitter - We had light rain all night long so even more (almost all) of our snow is gone. Now if truly warm weather would come, it would be a spring to remember up here in the north woods. (Not holding my breath!)
ReplyDeleteRosalea - Isn't it good that we have our pictures with dates to keep us on the straight and narrow? :o)
Welcome to my world! Here where I live in southern Iowa, everybody thinks it must be just paradise. Not! We have some of the most rapidly changing weather on the planet. This year, February was winter all month long! (-27F in the last week of the month.) Right now, I'm thinking that it won't be long until I start mowing. However, my wife's birthday was April 18, and we often had snow on the ground for her big day. And that is what kills the fruit on the trees!!!! A blooming orchard in the middle of a blizzard is the most gut wrenching experience to have. Stay in there - it ain't over yet!
ReplyDeleteTim - I've noticed over and over that there is no perfect location in which to live or garden. Sure, way up here near the Arctic (!) we have many weather disadvantages, but farther south (in Illinois where we used to live) it was tornadoes and chiggers. What I'm saying is that we do often think "the grass is greener" without realizing and taking into account what others have to deal with concerning environment and weather. And when a freeze hits those beautiful blossoms on the fruit trees, no matter where you live, it is heartbreaking!
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