Guess what I saw

[cheri222]

GRASS! I know that won't excite some of you but for many of us, its a beautiful thing after months of white. We are having our first thaw, 50 by friday. Clean out the coop time.

 

[nivtup]

Congrats!

I was going to guess that you saw a purple elephant, I guess I was wrong.

 

[cheri222]

Grass is much more exciting than a purple elephant right now.

 

[WoofMeowCluck]

Hey, we're seeing grass too! It's not pretty yet, kind of a light yellow green, but it's grass and I'll take it. My friend saw a ROBIN last week so just maybe we're really getting closer to spring???

Enjoy your grass, it's a beautiful sight!

 

[MyKidLuvsGreenEgz]

We still have big drifts of snow here, but a few places where it's melted off. Expecting temps of 40's and 50's this week.

Snow expected next Sunday. I'm guessing we're NOT done with frigid weather yet but certainly can hope!

 

[feather and mountain man]

Woo HOoo. I love seeing the first signs of spring like Grass and buds on trees. It is a lil sign of hope!

 

[HarlansHollowFarms]

We are not seeing grass yet.......but......

I saw a robin the other day....YEAH....

 

[HHandbasket]

Last year was such a long, miserable winter here. We had rain/snow in the foothills until Memorial Day weekend. We usually have at least 25-30 days per summer of over 100-degree temps here, and we had FOUR last year. FOUR. Most of the summer stayed in the mid to upper 80s and low 90s.

While that may seem wonderful to some, and while I'm not a big fan of 100-plus-degree weather, this is central California's agricultural area. A lot of crops were lost last year because it never got hot enough for them to ripen in the fields. The tomatoes were bitter and small and pithy & a lot of growers were hurt by it. Even in my own garden, tomatoes I had planted in March which I usually harvested in May-June-July and on into late September/early October didn't even START ripening until after the 15th of September, and we all of a sudden had about 30 pounds of tomatoes! The vines had been heavy HEAVY with huge, lush, green tomatoes that never did turn red. My zucchini plants, which normally produce an ungodly amount of zucchini (enough to feed a small village) produced THREE edible fruits last year and the plants got half the size they normally do. It just didn't get hot enough.

I am soooo pleased to see an early spring this year and have already started my garden and cannot WAIT to get lots of luscious goodies so I can learn to can and preserve. I got a vacuum sealer, too. Hehehe life is good.

 

[axion_lotus]

I'm just glad winter is starting to come to a close! About frickin' time.

 

[bunnibird55]

Grass? My dogs are eagerly awaiting the appearance of grass here in NW Ohio! The driveway is made out of crushed asphalt and is melting so they are using that for potty right now... My ducks want the mud and my chickens want anything but snow! I want sunshine and being outside and not freezing my nosehairs!