On 8/2/08 16:10, in article
, "Dave
Hill" wrote:

About a mile away from us is a roundabout over the M4 and on the
aproach road there is a Hawthorn that is always the first into leaf,
and is my indicator of springs timing,
Last year it came into leaf mid to late Feb.
Well I went passed it today for the first time since we came back
from our Holls and it is well into leaf and quite green, must have
started about 2 weeks ago.
That makes it about 3 weeks earlier than last year, and that was
earlier than normal.
I must check for frogs spawn.
David Hill
Abacus Nurseries

Our toads were around two nights ago but I think they're later here than in
many others places. Having said that our snow drops were being a bit sulky,
they've suddenly burst forth in the last day or so. And the Oemleria
cerasiformis that Ray put in the garden last year has come into flower and
promises to be very beautiful, especially as it gets larger.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'