On 2011-01-04 18:40:05 -0500, Ken Fortenberry
said:

Larry L wrote:
I just returned from a short walk around the area and am here to
report that I see some trees starting to bud.

May be hard to believe, but Spring is on the way !!

What a crock. If you're seeing trees starting to bud in early
January you wouldn't know Spring if it jumped up and bit you
on the tit. It's Winter, Dead Of, and that's another season
which poses an imminent danger to your mammaries.

Horse caca. Here in NE we have snow on the ground and it IS the dead
of winter. However, the witch hazel is about to bloom. Jo planted
them specifically because they bloom in the DOW. In another week they
will be in full bloom and will last until sometime in later February.
The flower is very similar to forsythia; folks have asked how we get
our "forsythia" to bloom so early.

There are also buds on the magnolia trees.

Louie