"Frank" wrote in message
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On 7/29/2013 12:22 PM, songbird wrote:
Farm1 wrote:

Well the weather is still cold but I notice that birds now have nesting
material in their beaks and when separating a rhubarb today, there are
faint
stirrings in the all sorts of things amongst the perennial veg.

Not too long now till Spring (I hope).

the dog days of winter?


songbird


Guess you learn something everyday. I would assume that the dates are
attached to the seasons but apparently not so in places like Oz:

http://www.australia.com/about/austr...s-seasons.aspx

The official start date for the start of Sping is 1 September, but as any
gardener knows, dates have little to do with seasons.