What a Difference a Year Makes.

4-15-12 VERMONT: There is no snow, no frozen ground and no wet spot in the yard or pasture except the drainage brook. I just checked and last year there was snow until May 1! The road is totally dry, graded and free of ruts and pot holes. Today was in the seventies here, breezy and partly cloudy. The perennials are all in the two inch range. I saw one turtle and crayfish, and the frogs are singing tonight.

I took down the reflectors that guide the plowers, put up the pasture gate, put out some of the benches and chairs, put away the snow removal gear. Tomorrow gardening begins.

In bloom: snow drops, crocus, primrose, forsythia and the mystery flower below—answer in a later post.


Primrose opening up.

ID Quiz: Can you name this one? It's in bloom now, obviously, and is growing pond side. The dead leaves give you an idea of its size.