A Sign of Spring!

[momofdrew]

I havent seen my back yard for months now there is at least 4 feet still out there...but I keep saying to myself that spring is coming and I am making a list of seeds I need to order... I still have a month before I can sow seeds indoors if I did any now they would just be too spindly even with a grow light...I cant put tomatoes out till June here in New Hampshire...very short growing season...it will be middle of April before Spinach and cole crops go out...if I am lucky weather wise that is...it could still snow then...

 

[Chickie'sMomaInNH]

i know what you mean about not being able to see your back yard in months in this area! i'm in the same city as you!

this year i'm getting my greenhouse up and going, but i want to see the ground to know where to put it! i'm starting most of my seeds this weekend so i can get them going in some cold frames and hoop houses.

i once saw the ground here a few weeks ago but as soon as i saw it was covered with snow again! that was the same day i noticed my day lilies were starting to show early signs of life! :/ now they'll have to wait a couple more weeks to see light again.

edit because i can't proofread before i post...duh!

 

[digitS']

. . . Well I guess that bit of sunshine was my birthday present( I knew I could work that in somehow ) I may not be getting any smarter, but I sure am getting older....

Soon (. . . click, Thistle' . . . ):



digitS'

 

[thistlebloom]

Awww, thanks Steve, what a beautiful rendition of the HB song!
And I love the green, green, luscious picture too.

thistle, who shamelessly fishes for birthday felicitations.....

 

[digitS']

When I first moved to this country, nearly a half century ago, I was coming from the Big Tree forests of southern Oregon and coastal California. Southern Oregon had its Big Ponderosa Pines and over on the coast, there are the really, really Big Redwoods!

Unless we are in some old-growth Cedars, we just don't have such Big Trees here. Even the Ponderosa are smaller than in the southern Cascades. But, here - there is diversity!

You can't really see it in the photo because those are mostly Lodgepole Pine (or, what I call Jack Pine, with my personal relationship with Jack). But, out there in most any of that forest there are Tamarack and Hemlock and "Doug" Fir and Grand Fir and Aspen!

Because the trees are generally smaller, we have Silver Sage and Bracken Fern and Snow Berries even in our lower elevation forests. Up high, of course, it gets dense and there are north slopes. Then, one gets into the Spruce. All good !

Best Wishes for the Year!

Steve

 

[thistlebloom]

I know what you mean about the Big Trees. My folks live at the top of CA near Jedediah Smith forest, and my brothers live a little more inland in S. Oregon. But I love it here. We have grand and doug fir, lodgepole and ponderosa, snowberries, oregon grape and service berry to name a few right here on our little piece of ground. I'd love to have hemlock and cedars too, but we're a bit dry for those.
Is that picture from a place of yours Steve?
It reminds me of some of the hiking areas we visit over in Farragut.

 

[digitS']

Actually, Thistle', that photo is from southern BC.

"Top of CA near Jedediah Smith forest" ?? You aren't from Crescent City 'r som'ers, are you??

I lived for a few years in Arcata but, fairly much, grew up in Medford.

S'

 

[ninnymary]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY THISTLEBLOOM!! :rainbow-sun

Mary

 

[thistlebloom]

Thanks Mary,and Lesa and Steve! I like to celebrate those special days, it's better than moping about the inevitable !

Actually Steve I originated in eastern Idaho, but grew up in San Diego county, (eastwards, out in the "sticks" ). My folks moved to Crescent City about 20 years ago, and it's a beautiful location, tho I don't think much of the town.

Thats funny that the pic is Canadian, it looks so familiar!

 

[digitS']

So let me understand this, Thistle':

Your parents moved from somewhere like the Sonoran Desert to somewhere with 67" of rainfall a year and an average high temperature that never reaches 70F even during the heat of summer?

OooKaaay . . .

Steve