March Madness
Mar 20, 2023
The term march madness conjures up visions of basketball and brackets.
In fact, as I write, NCAA Women’s basketball drones in the background.
As a gardener, I imagine a different sort of insanity, wild weather swings that endanger new growth.
Weeks of 60-degree warmth enticed forsythia, spring bulbs, and flowering trees into bloom. Grass greening, worms, and mud.
As we basked in their beauty, a nasty cold snap with fifty-mph winds brought us back to reality. Tree limbs sagging, bowed under ice, fruit tree blossoms brown, dead, and withered daffodils.
Fruit harvest threatened. Winter getting in her last licks.
Have you seen weather fluctuations in your region? Did you have enough warning to cover and protect your plants?
