WHOO HOO!!!
My mom ALWAYS told me that St Patty’s Day was usually the last of the really bad weather. Not that we couldn’t get storms after that, but that the cold broke and the chance for snow decreased markedly.
By that time the south is so warm and the sun is strong enough that the cold just couldn’t hang on much more.
This year, though, has been a treat. Praying hard for no late freezes or damaging frosts this year. Sadly the sugar season is already over, when it’s usually just getting started.
“Sadly the sugar season is already over, when it’s usually just getting started.”
We had a terrible sugaring season. We boiled it down yesterday and got a total of 4 pints. :( That’s OK, though - we have tons still from previous years.
We had about a 2-week window this year; our Maple trees are budded out right now. I fear for my Magnolia; she SO wants to bloom! Hearing Robins, though I haven’t seen any, yet. No Sandhill Cranes around quite yet.