The temperatures are still dropping into the teens every night (last night’s low: 17.5F or -8C) and even when the high hits 40F (4C) the brisk wind makes it feel chillier. But at least a hurried stroll around the premises is now rewarded with signs that Spring is slowly making inroads in Winter’s territory. These […]
Entries tagged with crocus
Early spring blossoms: Crocus and snowdrops
March 24th, 2008 by Kathy Purdy · 14 Comments
Categories: What's up/blooming · Snowdrops
Keywords: chores · crocus · mud season · snowdrops
Uh-oh
March 27th, 2004 by Kathy Purdy · 4 Comments
This is a photo of my beloved crocus bank. The driveway runs roughly east to west, downhill all the way. On the south side of the driveway, the lawn runs down fairly steeply to the driveway, forming a bank that I have planted quite densely with crocuses. The crocuses are just getting started, but it […]
Categories: Pests, Plagues, and Varmints
Keywords: crocus · crocuses · voles
Counting the days till spring
February 26th, 2004 by Kathy Purdy · 1 Comment
I don’t keep consistently good garden records, but one detail I have tracked faithfully since I planted my first flower, is the date of the first bloom around here. For you Southerners who have things blooming throughout the winter, I’m talking about the first visible bloom, when the snow has melted enough for me to […]
Categories: What's up/blooming · Snowdrops
Keywords: bloom dates · bloom records · crocus · crocuses · snowdrop · snowdrops
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