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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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 Posted - Feb 04 2008 : 8:17:02 PM
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Can you feel it? The earth has started it's ponderous course back towards the sun! Soon the snow will melt away and we will be able to dig our fingers into the wet dirt again! Soon we can plant those seeds or seedlings and watch green take over. The breezes will be softer and will smell of growing things and damp earth. I am so excited for spring!!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
Please come visit Nora and I our our new blog:
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cajungal
True Blue Farmgirl
2349 Posts
Catherine Farmgirl Sister #76
Houston Area
Texas
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Posted - Feb 05 2008 : 05:09:22 AM
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Yes! I can feel it! Down here in zone 9 our Spring has unofficially started. There is usually only one more cold front that comes through bringing us close to the 30's. But, that doesn't stop me. The high is in the 70's and I would scream if I couldn't get my hands dirty.
Some last minute cool weather annuals have been planted. Pruning on trees and shrubs has begun. All the Fall leaves are being used as mulch. Vegetables that can't take the heat that comes at the end of May are being planted in my garden. Oh my!!! Feb. and March are super busy.
I love it!
Blessings
Catherine
One of the best compliments from one of my daughters: "Moma, you smell good...like dirt." |
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sweetproserpina
True Blue Farmgirl
535 Posts
meg
Vinemount
Ontario
Canada
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Posted - Feb 05 2008 : 07:08:40 AM
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We had rain last night, and the snow is melting in great puddles today.
I loved your post Alee. It makes me think of reading The Secret Garden again. Beautiful!
The way spring arrives is so exciting!
I love the scene where Mary and Dickon are in the garden in early spring and everything is gray and brown, and Mary asks if everything is dead and Dickon gets out his knife and cuts into a rose cane and tells her its 'wick' and the garden will have so many roses she'll be just sick of them. =;-)
"Isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive--it's such an interesting world."
http://theprimroseway.blogspot.com/ |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Feb 05 2008 : 09:02:50 AM
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Meg- I LOVE that scene too! Infact, when Spring comes and it is still too goopey outside to do anything and the warmth hasn't come back yet, I adore watching "The Secret Garden" movie and "The Little Princess" (for some reason they just seem to go together!)
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
Please come visit Nora and I our our new blog:
www.farmgirlalee.blogspot.com |
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Firemama
True Blue Farmgirl
1731 Posts
Amanda
Medical Lake
WA
USA
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Posted - Feb 05 2008 : 09:20:25 AM
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No I can not feel it,lol. I know mother nature is waiting for me to go to my own home to show her lovely face.
Mama to 2
I am who I am
FarmGirl# 20
http://myfarmdreams.blogspot.com/
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sleepless reader
True Blue Farmgirl
1022 Posts
CA
USA
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Posted - Feb 05 2008 : 09:49:31 AM
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Have you ever watched those nature videos that are shot in time-lapse photography and the seed sprouts, grows and blooms in about eight seconds? Well, that's what I'm ready for! But first, we need more rain...I'll try to be patient!
Sharon
Farmgirl Sister #74
Life is messy. Wear your apron! |
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Lainey
True Blue Farmgirl
2401 Posts
Elaine
Waco
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Feb 05 2008 : 10:17:31 AM
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I can feel it in the air a bit today. It's cloudy right now but the temps are wonderfully mild. (Supposed to get severe storms later.) I didn't even wear a coat out today, or yesterday either. I'm going to look in the usual places this afternoon to see if tulips or daffadils are starting to peak out a bit. With the mild weather we've had the past few days it wouldn't be too surprising. I've been seeing the start of some budding on trees and bushes. I'm getting excited about getting seeds going and the upcoming growing season!
Farmgirl Sister #25
http://countrygirldreams.blogspot.com/ |
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cajungal
True Blue Farmgirl
2349 Posts
Catherine Farmgirl Sister #76
Houston Area
Texas
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Posted - Feb 05 2008 : 12:27:27 PM
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I love that scene in The Secret Garden, too!! Every time I go to prune something back I do as Dickon did....gotta find that green so I don't cut back too far. I wish I could talk to the animals as he did, too.
Blessings
Catherine
One of the best compliments from one of my daughters: "Moma, you smell good...like dirt." |
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one_dog_per_acre
True Blue Farmgirl
1572 Posts
Trish
Sandpoint
ID
USA
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Posted - Feb 05 2008 : 2:57:37 PM
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I don't believe there is spring in North Idaho!!!
I can't wait to put my Sorels in the closet, and see the creek running. I am excited to see what plants are in my new yard. I see lots of wild roses, but that's all I can identify for now.
Farmgirl Sister #91
Make cupcakes not war! |
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tribalcime
True Blue Farmgirl
2963 Posts
lisa
lexington
ky
USA
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Posted - Feb 10 2008 : 02:15:39 AM
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My daffodils are up about an inch and so are the tulips. THe strawberries have survived the winter. The catnip grew all winter in a tiny corner sheltered by the porch step. The catnip in back yard died out . But it will come back.
LIfe is a witch ~~~ and then ya fly !! My blogspot .http://tribalwitch.blogspot.com/ |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - Feb 10 2008 : 07:48:26 AM
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I hear the birds chirping this morning, and I can see bits of the shingles on my neighbor's roof, so I know the snow is melting. The streets are clear for the first time in months, but is going to take a long time for the snow burms put up by the snow plow to melt.
Yesterday at the horse ranch, the snow was so deep the horses have to step UP to get to the outside arena and I was having to push a wheelbarrow up a ramp of snow to dump it in an improvised muck heap. I had to get a running start because some of thos wheelbarrow loads weigh upwards of 200lbs!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
Please come visit Nora and I our our new blog:
www.farmgirlalee.blogspot.com |
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bboopster
True Blue Farmgirl
1140 Posts
Betty Jo
West Bend
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Feb 10 2008 : 11:28:21 AM
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I envy you all. We and my spring flowers are under 20+ inches of snow and the temp is almost up to a brisk -4 with a wind chill of only -28. The next week we should see above zero and more snow. Oh for some signs of spring. 
http://www.bboopster.blogspot.com
3 Blue Star Mother and Proud of it!
Pray for our troops to come home safe and soon.
Enjoying the road to the simple life :>) |
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
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Posted - Feb 11 2008 : 06:59:18 AM
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It is 6 degrees here and the ground is covered with snow and ice. But I can tell that the days are getting longer, just a bit at a time.
I love the Secret Garden too! |
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Firemama
True Blue Farmgirl
1731 Posts
Amanda
Medical Lake
WA
USA
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Posted - Feb 11 2008 : 08:21:02 AM
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Alee I heard the birds this morning, I think it was the most beautiful thing I have heard in a LONG time!! Cant wait toset out my birdfeeders, and watch them from my kitchen window
Mama to 2
FarmGirl# 20
Rich or Poor, It Dont matter We're all the same everybodys hungry in a different way....
http://myfarmdreams.blogspot.com/
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - Feb 11 2008 : 09:13:28 AM
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WE OFFICIALLY HAVE ROBINS BACK!!! It is spring! Don't let the weather fool you! Soon you will see all sorts of springy stuff popping up!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
Please come visit Nora and I our our new blog:
www.farmgirlalee.blogspot.com |
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