Monday, February 9, 2009
When the Snow Finally Melted
this is what I found: The photos were taken over the course of three days. After a cold start to the week, the temperature soared to 56F on Saturday, February 7, 2009, and the high has been above freezing everyday since then. It was as if the garden was just waiting for the snow to melt, poised to spring into growth. It is so wonderful to see the plants again. It feels as if we have finally turned a corner. There will be more cold days, there will probably be more snow, but winter's iron grip has finally been broken.
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awesome!!! I love it.
Love the snowdrops. Where are mine?
Very cool... I hope you can see more and more of the end of winter!
I love your melting photos! Send it this way please!
That was the best slide show I've seen in a long time. I could just imagine it all melting.
I really enjoyed your slide show. It's comforting to see that spring is on its way!
Katarina
Great slideshow - lovely to se all the green buds and leaves poking through for you.
K
Love the melting ice/snow on the slide show. I can't believe all of that was under the snow! I'm impressed, of course living nin North Florida I don't know a thing about snow.
Ha, loved your show. Wouldn't it be great if we could really melt snow by pushing a button and watching it drip away:)
Such fun to watch the snow melt and the spring garden begin to emerge.
That's very cool (and so far hasn't caused my computer to crash--it takes offense at some widgets, mostly music players). Yea for signs of spring. No melt here yet, though.
Great slide show--it was almost magical the way the snow melted this weekend. Today it's supposed to get into the 60's! Nice to see all those signs of spring hiding under your snow.
How cool is that MMD! Your garden is showing some signs of spring!
You did really well matching up the before and after pictures. I recognized the colchicum foliage before I read the words! I wish I could see the signs of spring you're enjoying.
You did a perfect job showcasing spring, and I think you are so right-spring has sprung. Your hellebores will be blooming very soon too:)
Hi MMD, A delightful slide show! I am excited to see your beautiful plants making buds...and thank you for showing us the Snowdrops! gail
We had a very similar melt/thaw here. It's supposed to reach 60 tomorrow (?!?!?!). Loved your slide show!
MMD, That was fun and very inspiring! I need to head outdoors to see what I can see! The verif. word is worail (sounds like a galanthus, doesn't it??) ;-)
Isn't it good to know that your plants are still there, after being covered with all that snow!
Isn't it a nice break in the weather?
Thanks, EAL!
Carol - you must plant Galanthus elwesii. They are much earlier than G. nivalis.
Leslie - I'd imagine this is something you haven't seen in a very long time.
Layanee - It's about time for a thaw, isn't it?
Aunt Debbi - thanks! The snow was melting so quickly you could almost sit and watch it.
Katarina - I keep repeating to myself "it won't be long now."
Karen - I feel so much better now that I have plants in bud and in bloom.
Darla - see what you're missing!
Flydragon - I'd be way too tempted to push that button.
Lisa - watching the snow disappear is almost as much fun as getting out to work in the garden again. (And there are no sore muscles as a result either.)
Jodi - my computer chokes on things too, but usually it can handle slide shows. Because of my computer problems, I try to avoid things that cause loading problems. Your melt will come. Maybe not til April...
Rose - it's almost too warm. It just feels wrong. I hope the plants don't suffer when it goes back to freezing.
Perennialgardener - I call Snowdrops late winter flowers, but the Monkshood sprouts are a harbinger of spring.
Kathy - I was so surprised to see that the Colchicums had sprouted under the snow. Hopefully you'll see more signs of spring soon (other than mud).
Tina - My Christmas Roses (H. niger) are usually in bloom for Lent. Go figure.
Gail - wait til Bloom Day to see them wide open.
Monica - we needed a break from the freezer.
Shady - it's so surprising what has been going on under all that snow.
Ms Robin - it's good to see the plants again, but now I have to worry about premature sprouting and whether the next cold snap will damage the perennials. The bulbs I don't worry about. They can take it.
Cathy - it was so nice I overdid it working in the garden.
Hurray for snowdrops! Your hellebores are in better shape than mine - it must be from snuggling under that cozy snow blanket.
very cool slide show MMD! It's nice being able to see the garden again now that all that snow has finally melted.
What a great way to show our snow melt and what's waiting patiently underneath. Loved it!
There was melting my way too (in northern CT). But my snowdrops are still deeply buried. boo hoo. I'm jealous! And I don't believe for a minute that winter's iron grip is letting us go yet. We'll have another (at least) big one!
What a slide show! Beautiful and encouraging. We had a couple of days of warm weather, lots of muddy roads and even a couple of bare spots. But more snow last night! Not a lot, but we are all clean and blindingly white this am.
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