is spring coming?

[Hedera]

Just looked - my snowdrops are coming up too. The blackbirds are squabbling already, having quite a battle.

[Dorts]

Nothing looking remotely like spring in these parts, very depressing.
Though we did have a large flock of about 500 Chaffinces going through the farm today, great, noisy sight. They were probably looking for warmer climes.
Dorts.

[Susie]

I had a quick scout around the front garden today and there really is very little showing; no green tips of bulbs pushing through, nothing much in flower apart from a very tatty primrose and a wallflower bowles mauve which has two flowers on it. The garden is way behind what it is usually at this time of year.

[faz]

Originally Posted by Susie

hydrangra

i gooled hydranger and yes you were right many thanks

[faz]

saw and heard a dunnock singing today

[Littlesparrow]

I planted some large Acorn seeds into pots and put them in the greenhouse today, in anticipation that spring is coming.

[Susie]

Did you collect them recently, Littlesparrow? They need a good frosting, which any acorn which has been outside over this winter will definitely have had, before they'll germinate.

We had a bumper crop of acorns last autumn and after the bitter weather I expect my lawn will be full of little oaks in summer.

[Littlesparrow]

Yes they have been frosted, collected just after Xmas, they are much larger than normal ones, but I haven't found out exactly what type of oak it will become, the adult tree wasn't very big.

[Susie]

I've seen my first blooming snowdrops this morning.

[Jim Ford]

Originally Posted by faz

any signs of spring yet?

Nah - as part of the cuts introduced by David Cameron and his lackey Nick 'Horsefly' Clegg, we're going to skip Spring and Summer this year and go straight into Autumn!

Jim