Comments on: Better than average http://blog.blithewold.org/spring/better-than-average/ a garden journal about public garden maintenance, seasonal tasks, garden events, stories about gardening, volunteers, flowers, bugs and wildlife Sat, 15 Jun 2013 22:23:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lisa http://blog.blithewold.org/spring/better-than-average/comment-page-1/#comment-7634 Lisa Thu, 25 Mar 2010 21:54:46 +0000 http://blog.blithewold.org/?p=3422#comment-7634 I adore skunk cabbage! Man, I'm such a weirdo. <em>Me too! Though I think of myself as almost normal. -kris</em> I adore skunk cabbage!

Man, I’m such a weirdo.

Me too! Though I think of myself as almost normal. -kris

]]> By: Christine B. http://blog.blithewold.org/spring/better-than-average/comment-page-1/#comment-7587 Christine B. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:07:55 +0000 http://blog.blithewold.org/?p=3422#comment-7587 I guess I need to gripe louder. March hasn't heard my complaints yet and just dumped another foot or more of snow in the last couple of days. Phooey on March! Christine in Alaska <em>Christine, I find it helpful to stamp my feet, rattle my fists and heave full body sighs - all along with audible whining. Good luck. (and if it makes you feel any better, buckets of rain are just about to pour on us for days on end.) ugh. -kris</em> I guess I need to gripe louder. March hasn’t heard my complaints yet and just dumped another foot or more of snow in the last couple of days. Phooey on March!

Christine in Alaska

Christine, I find it helpful to stamp my feet, rattle my fists and heave full body sighs – all along with audible whining. Good luck. (and if it makes you feel any better, buckets of rain are just about to pour on us for days on end.) ugh. -kris

]]> By: Layanee http://blog.blithewold.org/spring/better-than-average/comment-page-1/#comment-7586 Layanee Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:52:01 +0000 http://blog.blithewold.org/?p=3422#comment-7586 Kris, stop it! I looked up that same info this week, thermomorphogenesis, and thought it quite interesting along with those contracting roots. I love the look of the hoods of the skunk cabbage. It has been glorious hasn't it? <em>Too funny. I wonder if we'll be wearing the same color today too. And rain boots. I'm pretty sad to see the sun go away again. -kris</em> Kris, stop it! I looked up that same info this week, thermomorphogenesis, and thought it quite interesting along with those contracting roots. I love the look of the hoods of the skunk cabbage. It has been glorious hasn’t it?

Too funny. I wonder if we’ll be wearing the same color today too. And rain boots. I’m pretty sad to see the sun go away again. -kris

]]> By: Andrew http://blog.blithewold.org/spring/better-than-average/comment-page-1/#comment-7582 Andrew Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:42:26 +0000 http://blog.blithewold.org/?p=3422#comment-7582 SO much better than average. Got my crabapple pruning done, seeing species tulips poking their heads out. And now we plunge back into the 40's, the temp range I dislike the most -- not warm, but just cold enough to be cold. You're right, though, moving to New England taught me March is solidly in the winter month category. Down South it would've been high spring right about now. <em>Andrew, I don't think March has decided what season it's in. I thought it might be choosing spring this time around. And I'm with you - I think the 40's can feel more bitter cold than even the teens sometimes. Why is that? -kris</em> SO much better than average. Got my crabapple pruning done, seeing species tulips poking their heads out. And now we plunge back into the 40′s, the temp range I dislike the most — not warm, but just cold enough to be cold.

You’re right, though, moving to New England taught me March is solidly in the winter month category. Down South it would’ve been high spring right about now.

Andrew, I don’t think March has decided what season it’s in. I thought it might be choosing spring this time around. And I’m with you – I think the 40′s can feel more bitter cold than even the teens sometimes. Why is that? -kris

]]> By: Tracey http://blog.blithewold.org/spring/better-than-average/comment-page-1/#comment-7581 Tracey Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:46:16 +0000 http://blog.blithewold.org/?p=3422#comment-7581 How awesome, indeed! We had the roughest winter in Virginia history, but March saved us from going to the crazy place. I put together our first cold frame this past weekend. <em>Tracey, I'm envious of your cold frame! And I'm so glad that your crazy winter has morphed into spring - even up here we felt sorry for you guys. -kris</em> How awesome, indeed! We had the roughest winter in Virginia history, but March saved us from going to the crazy place. I put together our first cold frame this past weekend.

Tracey, I’m envious of your cold frame! And I’m so glad that your crazy winter has morphed into spring – even up here we felt sorry for you guys. -kris

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