January?
The giveaway is very few flowers. And browns, primarily from fallen leaves. Aside from that, you would be forgiven for thinking a day like today, a 50-degree sunny day in January, is actually a day in March. No complaints regarding lovely weather, but we haven't really had much of a hard frost, at least nothing significant. We've had maybe two nights at about 31 - 32 degrees, but boy, it's been mild and now, after a very wet December, surprisingly dry here at Chickadee Gardens. Perhaps a zone 10 winter so far? I'm sure we'll get hit at some point, the last several years we have had snow and or ice in February and March as the seasons continue to shift. I mentioned it in my last post but I'll say it again: I hope we are not blasted with a super-cold event without a nice gradual cool down first. We've seen the consequences of that before. Not pretty. Today though the sun is out and I'm going to enjoy the greens of the mosses and grass and putter around t...
