In the annual battle between
yellow and
white, this year was a tie. These daffodils didn't just pick any day to simultaneously bloom, either: they opened during Snowquester (hence renamed Slushquester), the storm that wasn't. Or at least wasn't
here. I know other parts of the state got plenty of white stuff.
Here are the winners, a bit droopy under the slush/snow/ice/whatever was coming down when I went out to check them.
Here's my front yard yesterday morning when it was actually snowing:
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| Look: snow! |
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| What's covering the ground? Slush with a light snow frosting |
Yesterday afternoon brought rain, which washed all the snow/slush away. I'd hoped to do some urban skiing, but it was not to be. I went kayaking instead.
Back to the garden, here are the daffs today, looking a bit more cheerful about blooming:
In other news: my peas have sprouted, but the ground is a bit too wet to do anything about planting them just yet.
My daffs have just started booming, too. We got about 4". I was hoping for a foot or more. What kind of peas are you growing? What did you do to sprout them?
ReplyDeleteI'm growing three varieties of shelling peas. I pre-sprout them inside in damp paper towels before planting outside. While the plants can handle cold weather, the seeds don't care to germinate in cold soil. Gets a bit of a jump on the season, which is necessary when trying to grow cool-season peas in Virginia! (for more on sprouting peas - with photos - see my post from two years ago here: http://approachingthecrest.blogspot.com/2011/03/sprouting-peas.html)
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