Kathryn Burlingham wrote:
It is beautiful today, isn't it? I saw the andromeda about ready to
bloom yesterday at work. The bulbs are starting to show--spring's
about here! One of the things I really love about Portland is that
spring goes for *months*!

Don't be fooled. It's only January. Usually this false spring comes in
February, but it's early this year. We still have six or eight weeks
during which the nighttime low can be below 32 for multiple days in a
row, and the daytime high won't get over 50. A February -- or even
March -- ice storm is not an unlikely event.

We've got some nice days to go out and clean-up some of the stuff we
couldn't get to in fall, but it's far too early to get into spring-mode.
Rose pruning time is still about three weeks away. Now would be a good
time to prune grapevines, and if you must get an early start on spring,
dormant spraying of fruit trees.

But spring does *not* come in January in Portland. Not even February!

--
Warren H.

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