March is such a tease. I mean it's the start of spring and all, but you never know what you get. Now the average temperature for today is 36 and we actually beat it by a few degrees but I checked and the record high for March first is 62, the record low is -29. That's a spread of 91 degees! Even the last day of March, where the norm is 50, has a record high of 82 and a low of 5. Still a 77 degree spread. There's a heck of a lot of places that never have a 77 degree spread through the whole year. At least January and February are going to be cold and you know it. There's an honesty there.
As the spring month roles in there's still a lot of snow on the ground.
It'll probably be gone by this time next week (there's rain predicted for next weekend) but it sure feels like winter.
There are a few spring-like things going on though. One of my favorite harbingers of spring is the spinach in my cold frame staring to grow with the higher sun.
I should be eating fresh spinach by the first day of spring.
A couple of other plants have brightened my gloomy, end of winter spirits. One is a Bird of Paradise plant. I have three and one is a regular late winter bloomer. It has bloomed in January in the past, but I think it was too cloudy this year. It was waiting for a little more sun.
While I was watering I spotted this little barrel cactus with a beautiful crown of flowers.
I guess everything is hoping for an early spring so we all can get outdoors more. I know I sure am.
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Never liked March much. Do like seeing snowbells and crocus coming up through the snow.
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