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ele

Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Posts: 814
Location: Derby

Posted: Wed Jan 18, 06 12:06 pm Post subject:
I've not spotted any obvious signs of spring here at all, I think it's going to be milder this week but generally we've had a lot of bitter cold wet days, I have to kit out in hat and gloves etc just to walk around the block!

Aled

Joined: 08 Dec 2004
Posts: 123
Location: Anglesey

Posted: Wed Jan 18, 06 12:40 pm Post subject:
tulips are poking their heads up, but they were very early last year as well. the really bitterly cold weather that was forcast hasn't arrived yet - is that still on the cards?

Behemoth

Joined: 01 Dec 2004
Posts: 19023
Location: Leeds

Posted: Wed Jan 18, 06 12:55 pm Post subject:
Yes - I'm on hiliday in february.

Penelope Anderson

Joined: 21 Sep 2005
Posts: 326
Location: london

Posted: Wed Jan 18, 06 4:21 pm Post subject:
Snowdrop in the garden but as a friend pointed out "one snowdrop doesn't make a spring." Bluetits round the nesting box, but I'll wait til the frogs emerge before confirmation. I feel pretty sure it will snow blankets in March.

gil
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Posted: Wed Jan 18, 06 5:25 pm Post subject:
Weeds.

Loopy Lou

Joined: 02 Apr 2005
Posts: 263
Location: Northamptonshire

Posted: Wed Jan 18, 06 5:30 pm Post subject:
Lots of snowdrops starting to show, can just see the tips of daffodils too. Today I heard a bird - not sure what - singing it's heart out, was lovely!

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes

Posted: Wed Jan 18, 06 6:18 pm Post subject:
germinations .

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Wed Jan 18, 06 6:36 pm Post subject:

Penelope Anderson wrote:

but I'll wait til the frogs emerge before confirmation. I feel pretty sure it will snow blankets in March.

Did you get a cold snap after the first round of frogs spawn last year? We did and I was reminded just the other day by a nature programme on the TV. IIRC we also had a very late frost that slowed everything down, we could do with the cold now to stop to early a spring.

Penelope Anderson

Joined: 21 Sep 2005
Posts: 326
Location: london

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 06 10:48 am Post subject:

Yes we did, and the frogs went back into hibernation again - at least they didn't reappear for a month or so.
It would be good to have a proper cold snap now, good for the soil, and the daffs etc might not go over so soon.
But cold snaps in this country come at the oddest times - there was one year, when my kids were young, that the school bus couldn't get up the hill to our village because of deep snow. It was the first of JUNE !!!!

Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 23956
Location: under some rain.

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 06 11:24 am Post subject:
Bizarrely, I was checking our drains in early november, and there were several baby frogs in there. I've also disturbed several around the stream during the winter.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45674
Location: Essex

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 06 11:27 am Post subject:
Plenty of trees looking to burst into leaf by the looks of things round our way

Karen70

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 10
Location: Svartland, Mercia

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 06 11:27 am Post subject:
We had a cold snap after the frogs had emerged but as there was only one lot of spawn I think they knew it was coming. In 2004 they'd spawned the end of January and there was no cold snap after that. The main spawning last year wasn't until March. I've found them to be a pretty good weather indicator. Wassail Karen

bernie-woman

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 7824
Location: shropshire

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 06 11:29 am Post subject:
The alliums are poking through - garlic has grown about an inch and a half since xmas - good buds on the apple trees and we noticed we have heard birdsong in the morning for the first time since autumn

gil
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Posted: Sat Jan 21, 06 5:04 pm Post subject:
Tips of bigger bulbs starting to emerge, snowdrop foliage about 1-2in high (with the odd flower bud at ground level). Witch hazel in bloom.

Goxhill

Joined: 27 Mar 2005
Posts: 245
Location: Lincolnshire

Posted: Sat Jan 21, 06 5:36 pm Post subject:
1st snowdrop properly out today. The same bunch were in flower on Christmas Eve last year. Saw 7 spot ladybirds and some kind of bee/hoverfly on a hebe in bloom too.

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