"MissBliss" wrote:

I'm in update NY and we are being blessed with some mildish weather
these days, tho its the dampness and rain put a chill in the air.
Despite that, I'm jonesing to get outside!

Is anyone else in my situation? anyone actually braving the weather
and getting out there anyway? what kind of things are you doing?

I've been eyeing an overgrown patch of periwinkle and weeds that was
threatening to take over the world last summer. I was thinking with
the ground wet, it might be a good time to hack away at it....

Anyone else?

Here in the northern Catskills it's still like a month too early to do
anything in the earth, there're still patches of snow in the shady spots and
the ground is much too cold and wet to work. Actually the ground is frozen
solid except for the top 3" which is so mucky it nearly sucked my shoes off
my feet when I ventured out yesterday... the deer hoof depressions are
filled with water. The Canada geese are just beginning to arrive but still
nothing is green. It rained on and off the past two days and heavy squalls
are predicted for today, in fact the sky is already becoming black to the
south east. Flooding is predicted, which is why I went out to take a close
look at my newly ripraped creek.

Yesterday, seems to be holding well, so far:
http://i43.tinypic.com/1628roj.jpg
http://i39.tinypic.com/2vx3dwl.jpg

Sky here a few minutes ago, a bit too ominouse to contemplate gardening:
http://i41.tinypic.com/hrnak5.jpg

A few days ago, not gardening weather:
http://i42.tinypic.com/1tpht0.jpg
http://i43.tinypic.com/wmonc.jpg
http://i40.tinypic.com/bjaefq.jpg