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« Reply #15 on: February 23, 2010, 06:50:55 PM » |
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Trying to be the spring optimist. Seeded (today) a few more veggie sets for the future. ICK, snow in forecast tomorrow  |
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« Reply #16 on: February 23, 2010, 06:58:19 PM » |
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Trying to be the spring optimist. Seeded (today) a few more veggie sets for the future. ICK, snow in forecast tomorrow not till late, and not for long. just late, cold, normal winter rain, mostly. I have some daffodils with "heads" but far from bloom. I have not seen one yet, anywhere, and I cannot remember them being so late. sigh. |
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« Reply #17 on: February 23, 2010, 07:04:44 PM » |
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Trying to be the spring optimist. Seeded (today) a few more veggie sets for the future. ICK, snow in forecast tomorrow not till late, and not for long. just late, cold, normal winter rain, mostly. I have some daffodils with "heads" but far from bloom. I have not seen one yet, anywhere, and I cannot remember them being so late. sigh. Got an "early" start on winter this year, ready to give it up tho'. It is STILL Feb, sigh...I don't like winter, my least favorite season. |
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« Reply #18 on: February 27, 2010, 11:18:51 PM » |
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Forecast is for snow on Tuesday and Wednesday. Keep your buds tucked daffodils.
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« Reply #19 on: February 28, 2010, 02:05:54 PM » |
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I saw a bunch today! last day of Feb, very first sighting.
it was a bunch planted above a stone wall, facing SE on Laurel Hill Rd. in Chapel Hill. I feel so much better
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« Reply #20 on: March 06, 2010, 10:00:22 PM » |
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Aha! this might explain the MIA daffodils: "Question: I'm an NC native and this February seemed unusually cold. How does this February rank in terms of temperature? Answer: Your impression was on target, as we finished out February 2010 with an average monthly temperature of 37.8 degrees at the Raleigh-Durham airport. This is 5.2 degrees below the average of all 66 years of data, and the 8th coldest value. February 1978 was the coldest on the list, with an average temperature of 33.1 degrees. Taking a look at the average high and low temperatures for the month, we find that this year came in at 46.7 degrees for the high, 4th coldest on record and 7.1 degrees below the long-term average. The average low was 28.4 degrees, 11th coldest in RDU history and 3.4 degrees below the long-term average." from a Gregg Fishel web page. 5 degrees is a lot. http://www.wral.com/weather/ |
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« Reply #21 on: March 06, 2010, 10:12:18 PM » |
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Aha! this might explain the MIA daffodils: "Question: I'm an NC native and this February seemed unusually cold. How does this February rank in terms of temperature? Answer: Your impression was on target, as we finished out February 2010 with an average monthly temperature of 37.8 degrees at the Raleigh-Durham airport. This is 5.2 degrees below the average of all 66 years of data, and the 8th coldest value. February 1978 was the coldest on the list, with an average temperature of 33.1 degrees. Taking a look at the average high and low temperatures for the month, we find that this year came in at 46.7 degrees for the high, 4th coldest on record and 7.1 degrees below the long-term average. The average low was 28.4 degrees, 11th coldest in RDU history and 3.4 degrees below the long-term average." from a Gregg Fishel web page. 5 degrees is a lot. http://www.wral.com/weather/Smart little guys they are those daff's  and others as well (not to be confused with the humans gardening dreams in the area)! |
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« Reply #22 on: March 07, 2010, 04:35:29 PM » |
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I have seen some bloomed twice so far. There are some on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill and some on Barbee Road in Durham. I have been looking for signs of Spring every chance I get.
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« Reply #23 on: March 07, 2010, 07:04:20 PM » |
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My daffs started opening Thursday and I have a bunch open today. I also have pollen on my windshield for the first time today...  |
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« Reply #24 on: March 07, 2010, 07:10:28 PM » |
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What a beautiful day today...and ALL week, daytime temps in the 60's and night time temps above freezing. YES!!!
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« Reply #25 on: March 08, 2010, 12:20:44 PM » |
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One of my neighbors plantings of Daffodils emerged a few week back but no flowers yet. We have some Irises that are just starting to pop out of the ground. A house I drive by has some Daffodils blooming. The house faces south and the flowers are near the foundation. Some trees are budding, I hear tree frogs and the birds are starting to sing waking us up in the morning. Spring is almost here.  Later, Dan |
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