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| Leonie2 |
Spring watch!I know it's still winter, but I've noticed the first signs of spring. Last week I saw some canadian geese flying overhead, heading in the opposite direction to what they were going just a few months ago. The spring bulbs are starting to break through the surface and the clematis and honeysuckle are sprouting new growth. I've also noticed that just after 4pm it's still not dark.Post in here as you see the first signs of spring. |
| Jamanda |
Do you do phonology? It's the study of climate change by monitoring the signs of Spring (and Autumn). It's run by the Woodland trust annd I've been doing it for years - before Bill Oddie and co got mixed up in it. It's very uplifting to do in the |
| Jamanda |
( Ooops heres the rst of the message )and autumn. It's called
nature's calendar |
| agapanthus |
Beautiful signs..
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| Leonie2 |
oooh, no I didn't know about the Jamanda, will take a look, thanks 
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| muntjac |
well i had flowers on my geraniums stil last week .my tulip bulbs are popping through the canadas are still going back and forth to the marshes here .hope to get another day or 2 chasing them and the greylags .doves cooing and pigeon doing " cor look at me " flying this morning so the place is really off kilter 
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| Aqui |
Haven't done much of an investigation round the garden, but my forsythia has been pushing out a lone flower for the past couple of months (there always seems to be just one on there, but a different one each time!) and local flowering cherries have been blossoming for about a month!
Must have a look tomorrow. |
| Lizzie |
We've still got roses blooming in our garden (or should that be blooming roses...) and I did notice yesterday that the pheasants are looking like they're in their courting plumage already (very beautiful).
I *think* we've got bulbs starting to come through. There was a couple of wasps in the garden just before Christmas 
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| Libby |
Well spring could be right in front of me in my garden and I wouldn't know! I have been letting the chickens free range as they seem out of sorts still and theres nothing green left
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| TheGirlsMum |
Ive seen a daffodil in full bloom on the road to Redruth, noticrd it on Saturday on the way home from the stables. |
| Leonie2 |
This is what I saw at my allotment this morning
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| Haize |
Oh, I must keep an eye out for Snowdrops, they are one of my favourite flowers, and the previous inhabitants of our house were mad on them too, so they are everywhere in our garden! |
| Aqui |
Noticed the first daffs out recently - on a roundabout locally. They looked as if they'd been out for a while.
My cornus is flowering - but then it seems to have been flowering since autumn, crazy thing. And my rhubarb has been sprouting for ages - quite small, but it's definitely growing! I must remember to check the snowdrops. |
| Leonie2 |
I checked the pond this week, no sign of frog spawn yet. |
| muntjac |
got daffs in full flower. wood pigeon making nests and collar doves cooing ... roses budding . noticed my pears have started to bud as well .fish in pond ( goldfish ) are spawning on the coconut carpet i lay in the pond side.forgot to take it out last season.oh and a pheasant laying everyday for last few days
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