Posted: Wed Feb 16, 22 8:47 am Post subject: Spring is springing
Spring is deciding to come in fits and starts as usual. The sap is starting to rise in the birch we are cutting as some of the stumps left are starting to bleed, so now might be the time to tap for birch juice. It hasn't got to the top yet, so if we are lucky we have one or two weeks still to cut.
Saw crocus in flower yesterday and there are some early daffodils. Robins have been pairing up for a while, but don't think they have started nesting yet.
sgt.colon
Joined: 27 Jul 2009 Posts: 7380 Location: Just south of north.
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 22 9:06 am Post subject:
Plenty of crocus out in flower around our way as well MR. No daffs flowering yet but there are plenty poking through, as well as the bluebells in our front garden.
Slim
Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Posts: 6713 Location: New England (In the US of A)
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 22 1:11 pm Post subject:
I should be able to see my lawn again after tonight's warm rain, and a very warm day tomorrow. But we're expected more snow on Friday.
#falsespring is springing here. But mid season is around the corner. Maple sugarers have started boiling sap. I expect another month before crocuses
Nicky cigreen
Joined: 25 Jun 2007 Posts: 9985 Location: Devon, uk
A lot more flowers here now. Don't know if we will be able to get to the birch this week as today is a clearing up day; several trees down over a public footpath and our main access track. Tomorrow and Friday I think are firewood days, so hopefully get at least the birch we cut last year and perhaps a bit more. May not be much more time left. We still have hazel coppice to cut and we have orders for charcoal too.
There are a lot of prunus in flower now; mainly mirabelle plum. They were planted on the other side to the road to us, but there are some blackthorn opposite us and they are not yet in flower. The early spring flowers are lovely now.
gz
Joined: 23 Jan 2009 Posts: 9570 Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
I haven't been in that part of the woods for over a week, but there was no sign of one elder near the hedge we replanted showing any signs then. I hope to be able to get out there some time this week. The quince in the garden is showing green in the buds, but hasn't moved much in the past week.
Well spring is well and truly springing here at the moment. Went out into the main part of the wood today and heard a nut hatch, wren, crow and several unidentified, probably tits of some sort.
Wild garlic and bluebells are coming up well, but for some reason I couldn't smell the wild garlic. Either there is something wrong with my sense of smell, or it has been so wet it has rather diluted the scent. Very muddy, but sun and mild, so lovely to be in the woods today.
cutting hedges before the start of the nesting season here - well tis a bit late now as the hedge rows have been alive with action for the last couple of weeks.
gz
Joined: 23 Jan 2009 Posts: 9570 Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
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