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The First of the Season…….

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Our first Muscari of the spring….and quite a surprise as it is being much earlier than the Snowdrops that are usually our first showing of spring season bulbs.  But best not complain for despite all the heavy rains and storms of January we still haven’t had our winter.  As for the rains, well after a summer and autumn (that lasted till nearly Christmas) of record high temperatures, record hours of sunshine and the driest for generations, the rains had to come.  Winter may well yet have the ultimate sting in its tail, but it is great to see the first signs of spring starting to emerge.

4th February

© David Oakes 2014

4 thoughts on “The First of the Season…….”

  3. A welcome harbinger, for sure. I suppose all the rain you’ve had to endure is pushing them to emerge earlier than they normally would. Are you still likely to get a freeze, and what would that do to their well-being?

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    1. Who knows…I guess the weather does what it wants and can bring us a cold snap. The really bad winters do last well into March but they have usually started early, chilled the ground and were able to continue. I suspect any winter this year will be short lived…but as I said ‘who knows’ I may well be wrong.

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