It started last night, and the weather service is predicting 12 to 20 inches of accumulation. My cousin in Maryland got 26 inches. This has been the kind of winter to severely aggravate cabin fever. Snow so deep the kids can’t play outside, and temps so cold they would be back inside so soon it wouldn’t be worth the aggravation of getting on all those snowsuits, boots, and mittens. I should get snowshoes like Judy, except this kind of winter is the exception, not the rule, and when we have a winter with less snow or, at least, more thaws, snowshoes seem like an expensive plaything.
Last year at this time, my snowdrops were already up and were blooming by the 25th. Of course, that was the earliest they had ever bloomed, one of the mildest and snowless winters in memory. Usually they bloom the second or third week in March, after weeks (it seems) of being on the verge of blooming.
About Kathy Purdy
Kathy Purdy discovered the joys of writing in fourth grade, when she started corresponding with a former classmate. She's been writing letters ever since, first on looseleaf, then electronically, and now as weblog entries. That makes you, the blog reader, her pen pal. Her first independent (though frustrating) attempts at gardening were made in high school, though the gardening bug didn't bite hard until her mid-thirties, when she found herself mistress of a rural home on 15 acres. • USDA Hardiness Zone:4 • AHS Heat Zone: 3 • Location: rural; Southern Tier of NY • Geographic type: foothills of Appalachian Mountains • Soil Type: acid clay • Experience level: intermediate • Particular interests: colchicums, narcissus, cottage gardening, NY native plants, gardening with/for children
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