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Post by desertwoman on Mar 15, 2024 8:33:19 GMT -5
The yo-yo is in full swing... a few days ago it was in the 60s with sunshine. Yesterday and today it is cloudy with intermittent snow. In a couple of days it will warm up again with sun and then....
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Post by pondgardener on Mar 15, 2024 10:29:49 GMT -5
I'm looking outside and all I see is about 8" of snow...no signs of Spring yet, although it is supposed to get to the mid 60's by next week!
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Post by gianna on Mar 15, 2024 11:46:52 GMT -5
The first naturally re-seeded Cal poppies in the front yard are blooming. And the first pink blossoms on one of the early peaches (Babcock) are opening.
The week ahead is forecast to be high 60s, low 70s, mostly sun. Couldn't ask for nicer.
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Post by Mumsey on Mar 16, 2024 5:09:48 GMT -5
Flies in my car!!! Wasps looking for their nests I knocked down last Fall. Daffodils blooming, South side of garage only. Ones in garden have a ways to go. Green showing on lilacs.
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Post by breezygardener on Mar 16, 2024 11:01:31 GMT -5
Japanese Flowering Quinces - both in-ground & my bonsai - blooming. And most everything else now - magnolias, crocus, daffodils, peaches, etc.
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Post by Wheelgarden on Mar 17, 2024 20:52:28 GMT -5
The blueberries are white with blooms. Typically we get a late hard freeze that wipes most of them out...but... but!...if we slide on through without that kind of thing, we'll have berries aplenty. I say that every year. Meanwhile, here's the new Guinness record biggest blueberry ever, from Australia, 20.4 grams!
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Post by desertwoman on Mar 17, 2024 22:50:12 GMT -5
Typically we get a late hard freeze that wipes most of them out...but... but!...That's how it is with stone fruit here. We get that well waited for warm up, fruit trees bloom, then the last hard freeze sneaks in . It's called the annual death of the fruit blossoms. Though I must say, with climate changes we are getting more and more years of fruit, as we escape that last freeze. Not every year, but more years than we did 20 years ago. Instead of a stone fruit crop once every 4-5 years or so, we get a meaningful fruit crop about 3-4 out of 5 years. It has been a gradual increase over the past 20 years.
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Post by lilolpeapicker on Mar 18, 2024 5:17:54 GMT -5
Hyacinths poking thru, daffodils nearly ready to show their flowers.
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Post by breezygardener on Mar 18, 2024 12:25:00 GMT -5
Saw my first two bats of the season the other evening. Was so glad to see them since they're under such duress now.
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Post by Mumsey on Mar 19, 2024 5:27:56 GMT -5
Watching for the vultures to return...any day now.
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Post by breezygardener on Mar 19, 2024 11:47:30 GMT -5
Watching for the vultures to return...any day now. Return? Ours never leave. Both Turkey & Black. I've always wondered why they weren't named Virginia's State Bird.
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Post by emmsmommy on Mar 28, 2024 18:37:17 GMT -5
Saw my first two bats of the season the other evening. Was so glad to see them since they're under such duress now. Haven't seen them but have heard them for at least a week
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Post by breezygardener on Mar 28, 2024 22:01:33 GMT -5
Haven't seen them but have heard them for at least a week You must have some supersonic hearing. Are you sure that what you are hearing are bats? Honestly - look it up. The sounds that bats make are beyond normal human hearing without special equipment. I've been studying the little devils for decades now.
What you might be hearing are late-roosting birds. When I'm sitting out in the evening looking for bats, I'm often besieged by late-roosting small birds around here, particularly Juncos. Lots of very high-pitched chirps.
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Post by gardendmpls on Mar 28, 2024 22:45:26 GMT -5
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Post by binnylou on Mar 28, 2024 23:20:28 GMT -5
When the bats are active, I can hear them. If I’m working outside in the area where they hang (no pun intended), I can hear them sqeaking at me, letting me know that I’m not welcome.
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