Message: 6 Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:47:52 -0500 From: "William C. Garthright" <billg@inebraska.com> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] apricot flowering/honey bees To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org> Message-ID: <462FA258.2080906@inebraska.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > What a difference a day or two of warm weather makes. Friday nothing had bloomed, by Sunday the apricot was about to bloom, the early daffodils had opened, the forsythia were getting going, and the peonies had grown about 6 inches (since Friday.) The apples are at green tip, the currents are showing green, sap is dripping from the grapevine, and it looks like spring. > It's funny that you're in a warmer zone (zone 6, while I'm in zone 5a), but my plants went through that stage a good month ago. My apricot was in full bloom March 26th, the forsythia March 25th, the peonies were up, apples and currents leafing out, and sap gushing from my grapevines - all at least a month ago. (Of course, everything came to a screaming halt a week later!) Well, I guess some of this might be do to local weather variations, since we had a very warm March. Perhaps you were colder than normal? But I suppose I also need to get it through my head that the "cold" zone just refers to winter low temperatures, right? Just because our winters are colder, that doesn't necessarily mean that we don't have a longer growing season? Certainly, we have extremes here on the plains - cold winters and hot, humid summers. I need to stop thinking so simplistically when it comes to growing seasons. It just struck me as funny when I read your post. It probably didn't seem odd to anyone else, but it sure did to me. Bill Lincoln, NE (zone 5a) -- Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin ------------------------------
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