First sign of Spring

[S.A. Boggs]

Anybody want to take a guess as to what it is?:icon_scratch:
Sam

[pcox]

I know what it ain't, it ain't in Missouri.

[S.A. Boggs]

I know what it ain't, it ain't in Missouri.
That's a good one!
Sam

[leftyo]

i just know it sure as heck isnt here!

[Sunray]

Flooding and ice dams on the Ohio River? Supposed to be 8C(46F) here, on Monday.

[Major Tom]

Every year we get a crazy robin or two this time of year!

[Allen]

Every year we get a crazy robin or two this time of year!

Same here. I've already seen some of them. They always arrive about 2 months too soon. Their eyes end up getting frozen (I hear) then they get eaten by animals. It's a wonder there's any left.

For me the first sign of spring is when certain flowers bloom in the yard. Still going to < 20 degrees at nights here.

[seagoatami]

Anybody want to take a guess as to what it is?:icon_scratch:
Sam

first sigh of spring here in SC is a heavy coating of yellow pollen on the car:icon_tongue:

[Sunray]

"...a crazy robin or two this time of year..." Lots of 'em winter here. Lotta stupid ducks and geese don't fly South either. Keep thinking I could grab a Canada as it flies by and convince it to take me to Arizona.

[Allen]

This would be more like the first thaw. My brother was stationed in Anchorage Alaska AFB for a couple of years. He observed that ALL the locals had dogs, big dogs, many dogs. They would all take huge dumps in the ever present snow everyday. The crap being warm would melt down into the snow. The first big thaw every year would reveal many months of accumulation, mounds upon mounds of preserved dog crap. For many of the Alaskan's I suppose this would be the first sign of a dreaded first sign of spring.

This is info you can only get here.

[Marty T.]

March flowers.

[S.A. Boggs]

No one is even close yet!:icon_lol:
Sam

[PaFrank]

Walmart setting up displays for Easter candy?

[S.A. Boggs]

Walmart setting up displays for Easter candy?
You're getting warm!
Sam

[Sunray]

"...Walmart setting up displays for Easter..." Not until the Valentines Day stuff is up. In January and sometimes December.

[S.A. Boggs]

First sign of spring...seed catalogues in the mail!
Sam

[Allen]

My mother used to get them all the time. I have never received one that I recall. All we grow down here now is subdivisions.

[PaFrank]

i got it...........girl scout cookies!!!!!

[Allen]

Weeds. Having to mix up Roundup already.

[M1Tommy]

My grandpa, "Pa Buck" often told me to watch for robins around.... and that, "... We'll have 6 more weeks of Winter weather." I saw some last Monday, marked it on my calendar at work... so we'll see!

RE seed catalogs, those fascinated me when I was a young'en. When I left the farm I said I'd never ever touch a bale of hay or a garden. 37 years later, I've held true to that, although I'll admit I've thought about a garden plot.........
Tommy

[S.A. Boggs]

Asplundh has been dropping off truckloads of mulch for the garden. Since learning about gardening God's way from Brother Paul gardening has been so easy and simple. A little easy weeding, no watering even during the driest time, no spraying for insects as there was none. More produce then we could possible use, huge cherry tomatoes and even larger other plants. The flavor was exceptional on all fruit as well. I plan on tripling the garden this year so that I can share our bounty with the less fortunate as God has seen fit to bless us with so much abundance. God is Good!
Sam

[Allen]

Saw the first carpenter bee today. I blasted it with the weed torch I was using at the time. I didn't kill it but it flew off so maybe it got enough blast to die or stay away. 1 down, 1 thousand to go.

[Vern Humphrey]

The first sign of spring is Wal Mart putting out fertilizer, potting soil and other gardening products in the parking lot. :-)

[JB White]

Saw the first carpenter bee today. I blasted it with the weed torch I was using at the time. I didn't kill it but it flew off so maybe it got enough blast to die or stay away. 1 down, 1 thousand to go.

Carpenter bees aren't dangerous. They're only boring....and I never took you for being such a flamer. :evil6::icon_lol:

[Allen]

Oh I flame a LOT with my new toy (weed torch). It takes some getting used to but let me just say it's best to burn weeds only after a heavy rain. I had a large burn pile that needed to be burned but I was waiting for a windless day. I burned some dandelions with the torch about 3' from the pile and well...

These carpenter bees are like giant termites. The males have no stinger but the females do. I don't ask them what sex they are due to possible responses such as "well, I'm a male traped in a females body". I just whack them with a tennis racket. And yes I realize you were just making a joke.

As far as spring goes I had to mow the grass today. Actually no grass yet, the mowing was for the white clover blooms and other weeds.

[JB White]

All I can mow is snow.

[S.A. Boggs]

Another sign is flooding, I have lived along the Ohio River all of my 66 years and have seen this river "escape" many times.
Sam

[Allen]

Killed my first snake of the season. While cutting grass for the 2nd time this spring I ran over a corn snake. It went out the chute with the rest of the grass. An uneventful kill but still a kill.