After an early warm up today I’m watching snow accumulate on our patio furniture and on the garden where lots of spring flowers are blooming.

The early bloomers will survive, for the most part, but my real worries are about what this capricious weather will do to the fruit crops that are grown in this area.

Last week, when temperatures began to plummet, I started to hear stories about apricots in full bloom and buds that were swelling on other fruit trees. This could be disastrous for area farmers who literally have a year’s income hanging on the trees.

This is a major change in just two days. On Saturday I was enjoying an afternoon in the garden when temperatures rose into the 50s. Not only did I feel comfortable cutting back some of the plants I leave in the fall to provide habitat to pollinators over the winter, but I was able to pull much of the hairy bittercress that had taken over one particular area of the garden.

Yesterday I stayed in as the wind picked up out of the north and I got my gardening fix by tending for my indoor plants. Now today it’s snowing…. what will tomorrow bring?