I wasn’t planning to post today, but one look at the creek during my morning walk and I changed my mind. After heavy rains the past two nights, our normally quiet little stream is a noisy torrent, overflowing its banks.
My flower beds are saturated so I took advantage of the wet and pulled more dandelions, quack grass and clover. While I weeded I discovered the warm, wet weather has put spring on the fast track. The rhubarb’s bigger than it was yesterday, and the first stalk of asparagus has sprouted. Two days ago, all my clematis looked dead. Today, every one of them is budding. And by afternoon, the magnolia will be blooming.
The forecast for the next few days will put a halt to things pretty darn quick. Our faithful and highly accurate ISU climatologist, Elwynn Taylor, says we’re in for the eighth of the seven arctic blasts predicted for the winter of 2007-2008. So highs will only be in the 50s for several more days.
I’m bummed, but I can handle it unless we get a frost and the magnolia blossoms get nipped. If that happens I may go berserk and rip out the asparagus patch.
Actually, that’s not a bad idea…
