Another Sign of an Early Spring - Japanese Cherry Blossoms in N. California

[rnewste]

I looked in my neighbor's yard today, and his Japanese Cherry Tree is blossoming already:



Unbelievable!! February 1.

This MUST be a sign of an early Spring. I took my trays of 54 seedlings out on a table in the backyard today to give them some exposure to the direct Sun. Hit 74 degrees this afternoon.

Raybo

[Farmer Matt]

Hey Raybo, here in Tracy it is a little frosty this morning. But the sun is out again, but the fog will return. Going to start my seed next week.

Matt

[les matzek]

this is the mildest winter in the 26 years that i have lived here lowest so far has been 34 degres, i have been picking broccoli, cauliflower, spinach,
for the past week and a half, and i hope to be able to start picking the
first artichokes by the last of march.

les

[ContainerTed]

LaFollette, TN. Currently 31 degrees F and dropping, wind out of the WNW at 20 gusting to 35, overcast, drizzling snow and freezing rain, and ...........

Raybo, that's just plain cruel.


Ted

[rnewste]

Hey Ted,

Just think, in about 2 months, you will be out tilling that beautiful land you have, smelling the wild clover, getting a wiff of Ozone after a Spring thunderstorm, etc. The days are now getting longer, so hope springs eternal.....

Raybo

[ContainerTed]

Yeah, the land IS beautiful.

And the clover in the fields gets to more than a foot tall.

But, generally that whiff of something comes up from the barn where there's one horse and a lot of cattle.

And spring thunderstorms here will scare the daylights out of you. The thunder rings and echos off the mountains and is twice as loud as some of the "flatland" pyrotechnics.

But your post above was inspiring and encouraged me to start some seeds. So, I started a tray with Pinocchio, Tiny Tim, Red Robin, and Micro Tom. I'm thinking about putting them into hanging baskets and selling them at the local market.

Thanks, you got me out of the doldrums. Now, can you do anything about the aroma coming from that dadburned barn????

Ted