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Something is wrong......

PostPosted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 3:36 am
by expat
First week of January and I have primroses and tulips growing in my garden. The North German Plain should be as the Germans say arschkalt at this time of year........ :-/

Matt

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Re: Something is wrong......

PostPosted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 4:32 am
by wifesaysno
:o
Well that is not good!
Our tulips are still staying in the dirt thankfully. Us west Michiganders (Holland, MI) take our tulips VERY seriously:
http://www.tuliptime.com/

Re: Something is wrong......

PostPosted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 7:33 am
by Fozzer
..remember that you are closer to the Equator, (the warm bit), than we are in England, Matt... ;)...!

I need to coppice all my trees and bushes*, front and back garden, before they start to leaf in the early Spring, (which would entail getting rid of more foliage to the Council Tip).!

Forsythia is the first Shrub to flower in my garden, (yellow flowers), and that is a sure sign of Spring..(and warmth for me)... :D...!

12*C in my back garden at mid-day today.

Paul.... :)...!

*...Ladies take note, when it comes to the importance of coppicing bushes..!... ;)... ;)...!

Re: Something is wrong......

PostPosted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 8:02 am
by Bass
Well, we should get some more cold from NE in a couple of days, so save your "early" springflowers 8-)

Re: Something is wrong......

PostPosted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 10:43 am
by expat
..remember that you are closer to the Equator, (the warm bit), than we are in England, Matt... ;)...!



Actually, I am a bit north of you and somewhat east too....... ;D

Matt

Re: Something is wrong......

PostPosted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 2:04 pm
by jetprop
Oddly enough most flowers will start coming in the next few weeks over here in Ireland since it barely ever freezes. ;)
That's why palm trees grow quite well here. ;)

Re: Something is wrong......

PostPosted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 4:31 pm
by Fozzer
Oddly enough most flowers will start coming in the next few weeks over here in Ireland since it barely ever freezes. ;)
That's why palm trees grow quite well here. ;)


I always thought it would be nice to visit an English sea-side town and be surrounded by Palm Trees...

It would fool me into thinking I was in Los Angeles or Florida, basking in warm sunshine!

Maybe there are a few places?...>>> Costa Del Palm Trees

Paul...Wish you were here... [smiley=thumbsup.gif]...!

Re: Something is wrong......

PostPosted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 4:52 pm
by BigTruck
:o
Well that is not good!
Our tulips are still staying in the dirt thankfully. Us west Michiganders (Holland, MI) take our tulips VERY seriously:
http://www.tuliptime.com/



And us Yoopers take our winters very seriously, I heard it was 40 and raining in Munising last week!!  That's unheard of on the Lake Superior shoreline in January.  Guess this is what happens when I move south...