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Post by mkline » Thu. Feb. 28, 2013 2:03 pm

The Crocus are starting to pop up,down by the crick toothy .Everything is thawed out and muddy here at the house.

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Post by SMITTY » Thu. Feb. 28, 2013 3:31 pm

KROKUS!!

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Post by buffalo bob » Thu. Feb. 28, 2013 4:27 pm

spring isnt far

 
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Post by tsb » Thu. Feb. 28, 2013 4:35 pm

Those are aconites. Crocus will be in a few weeks.
Snow drops have been blooming since early January.

 
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Post by SMITTY » Thu. Feb. 28, 2013 4:38 pm

Your season is way ahead of ours. Got nothing here, although I noticed the blueberry bushes are budding. 8-)

 
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Post by samhill » Thu. Feb. 28, 2013 7:26 pm

Noticed a lot of daffodils & my rhubarb coming up most of the rest of the yard is still snow covered.

 
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Post by mkline » Thu. Feb. 28, 2013 8:22 pm

How did I know Smitty would be thinking of that Krokus toothy .I was thinking the same thing when I was posting the pics.Thanks for the info tsb.They bloom in the same spot so I was just thinking they all were the same bop2 .

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Post by Richard S. » Thu. Feb. 28, 2013 10:06 pm

I still have snow in my back yard, I'm at higher elevation on the north side of a hill though. It was just yesterday the grass started appearing again.

 
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Post by SMITTY » Thu. Feb. 28, 2013 10:14 pm

Only places I have exposed grass is over the septic tank, and where I plowed. Still 6" of snow average, with piles a couple feet deep.

 
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Post by Richard S. » Thu. Feb. 28, 2013 11:14 pm

SMITTY wrote:Only places I have exposed grass is over the septic tank, and where I plowed. Still 6" of snow average, with piles a couple feet deep.
I only got about 8 inches during that storm. ;)

 
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Post by SMITTY » Fri. Mar. 01, 2013 9:03 pm

LUCKY! :D

We got 2' with 5' drifts here and there. The 6" that's left is after 2 weeks of temps hitting the low to mid 40°s. LOTS of snow melted, but still quite a bit left.

COME ON SPRING!! :whip:

 
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Post by 2001Sierra » Fri. Mar. 01, 2013 9:37 pm

My bride does the HAPPY DANCE when her Cocuses start coming up :D Remember happy wife, happy life :roll:

 
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Post by Rob R. » Sat. Mar. 02, 2013 7:06 am

You guys must be at least a month ahead of us...season wise. It is snowing and blowing here, still in the deep freeze. The big ice cube called Lake Champlain will keep it cold here for at least another month and a half.

 
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Post by tsb » Sat. Mar. 02, 2013 7:10 am

If we don't get a good freeze this weekend, the maple sap season will be over.
Don't know if they even started up north yet.

 
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Post by samhill » Sat. Mar. 02, 2013 8:53 am

Sap seems to be flowing well here tsb, many here have gone to blue bags to collect sap & they are filling fast & some have been replaced at least once already. Hopefully it will make up for the crap year they had in 2012.


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