Predictions on Groundhog day were for an early Spring. Here in Northwest Oregon we had some nice warm (over 60 degree) days in January. So when Punxatawney Phil forecasted more of the same, I was excited! Out came my seed catalogues, garden journal, seed planting trays, heat mats...An early start will make up for the summer that never came last year.
This year I'll put in lots more flowers to attract the bees, another Montmorency pie cherry tree (mmm, I can almost taste the cherry pie jam), maybe another row of raspberries, more rhubarb, a couple of extra rows of veggies for the local Food Bank. And since the weather is so mild, I can put my spinach, beets, sugar snap peas, lettuce and carrots in now.
Wait...is that really snow coming down? We hardly ever get snow, especially at the end of February. Good thing I cleaned out the chicken coop yesterday, because it looks like the girls will be spending a few days indoors under the heat lamps. And probably the cats, too.
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