Spring Is Here!

[SueA]

Despite the awful weather I've decided spring is definitely on it's way - I saw my first lamb of the year on Saturday (05.01.08)! It was in a field beside the A55 near Holywell in North Wales with it's mum. I'm not sure if there was just the one as it's hard to tell when you're whizzing past in a car at 90.. I mean 70 miles an hour (O.H. driving!) It made my day!

[veg4681]

Way hey, let's hope that it is then we can push our seed sowing forward by a month or so .

[Shortie]

Yup Spring's definately here.... My rhubard is making an appearance already and my autumn fruiting raspberries have some very healthy dark green new leaves on them

[Alice]

My daffodils are up. I think it always happens earlier than we think.

[fivespud364]

Push seed sowing forward lol i started sowing on 27th December but then i have got well over 400 varieties of veg to sow plus what ever bedding plants i decide to do !!

[kirsty b]

One or possibly 2 of my hens have started laying again, not every day but so nice to have a home-grown egg again. Spring for me too now.

[JennieAtkinson]

No signs here! -2 until midday, in fact the frost never really left us all day and -2 again now. No signs of anything yet.

Lambs !!!! We don't get ours until Mid April - I never thought I'd say a sheep was sensible but perhaps ours are.

[Nicos]

Baby lambs already!
Not been to the lottie or in the garden yet this year....think it's time for a wander and a nosey at Nature at it's best.

I did see a tree with a bit of cherry blossom on it a couple of weeks ago here in Cheshire- but that must have been a freak tree??

The buds on one of my new plum trees have started fattening up though!

[Flummery]

Not necessarily a freak Nicos. We have a winter flowering cherry in the front garden. It flowers on bare branches then when the flowers are finished it gets its leaves. Looks like slightly pink snow on the branches as I look out at it now.

[Two_Sheds]

I'm still waiting for winter. We never did get the minus seventeen that was promised last week. I'm off to lottie for first time this year, will let you know what's what.

[SueA]

A few snowdrops are coming out too but I suppose that's not so unusual but it cheers me up anyway!

[moggssue]

The first few signs of daffodil shoots are out here but the weather definitely aint spring like - mind you .... cold, wet, dark, miserable ...

Lets hope we have a spring like last year and a summer like spring

[JanieB]

Small but definite buds on the lilac, the holly was covered in berries a couple of weeks ago, now most of them have gone.

[Flummery]

My daft rosemary was blooming before Christmas! Usualy I don't get flowers till April/May.

[terrier]

Any daffs that show their heads at the moment will get them blown off in this wind. No sign of my snowdrops yet, but my summer snapdragons are still in flower. I meant to empty the dalek at the weekend but as it's full of tiny mice, I didn't have the heart.