Yeah, it was 76° here yesterday, not sure if that qualifies as an “early spring” lol
As a location without a “real” winter, the seasons all seems to roll into each other.
I just noticed some flower buds are beginning to swell on Nadia and Hollywood plums I have in pots on the driveway. Not green yet, but it won’t take much more 50 degree weather. I am hoping the cool weather holds out a while longer. It probably won’t be long before Black Ice and Shiro begin to show signs.
Here too. Nadia, pluots, and Japanese plums are all swelling.
Saw my first dandelion flower of the year in the lawn this morning .
Today my first open flowers on Smooth Zest One Nectarine. Probably full bloom by next week.
In previous years prior to all these dang plants I would have been ecstatic over an early warming. Now I have to worry about everything waking up. This hobby is awful
Saw my first dandelion bloom of 2021 today. *Saw some in December 2020 though.
Yep . . . I had to send out scions with buds that were getting ready to pop. In fact . . . you might have gotten some! This was my first big share attempt . . . so I just hope that the ones I sent were still OK to graft with.
I planted my first tree of the year. Flavor Grenade pluot, from groworganic.com. I hope I can keep it alive long enough to try some fruit.
Dennis, Yes it has been a very mild winter here in the foothills above Maple Valley WA too. Did you guys get the 3 weeks of high winds as well? I had 3 (non) fruit trees snap in half here. Also, I saw that you have a Chehalis. How is that growing for you? I was planning on adding one myself.
Here I do not call it an early spring, because when it’s a mild winter here, we are usually in for some nasty cold weather in the late winter/early spring time. That is not spring to me, it actually makes me worry some.
Hi Tracy
I have had my Chehallis for well over 20 years, semidwarf, it’s full of apples each year. I see you have a good variety as well.
Dennis
We got maybe one night of strong winds so far but often in Jan-Feb we get some very strong easterly winds.