Or so the calendar tells us, though you can barely prove it in my garden. The buds on trees and shrubs are plumping and coloring up.
But there's still a thick coat of ice on the pond. While it started to melt at the edges with Sunday's temperatures rising into the low 50s, it still has quite a ways to go to be fully open. My records indicate that that typically happens from March 24 to the end of the month. Looking at it this morning, I would say that timetable is right on schedule.
But it is officially Spring today and I am ready to get out in the garden and do some cleanup. Most of all, I am ready to see some green tips pushing up out of the ground.
Happy Spring Linda! May each day of this season of the garden's re-emergence be filled with the delight of returning green friends.
Posted by: Peter/Outlaw | Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at 09:16 AM
I hope you find lots of green today Linda. It is cold again here. I am staying inside. Happy Spring.
Posted by: Lisa at Greenbow | Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at 09:25 AM
"Green friends" is a great description of how I (and probably you, too) think about the inhabitants of our garden.
Posted by: Linda Brazill | Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at 10:08 AM
Pretty cold here as well. High is only supposed to be 36 and it is still in the 20s as I write. And the clouds are obscuring the sun which was out for a while. But I need to grocery shop so I may be forced to go out.
Posted by: Linda Brazill | Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at 10:13 AM
Yay, spring! Before we know it, everything will start popping at once!
Posted by: Beth @ PlantPostings | Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at 09:42 PM