Originally Posted by trueimage
The mesquite trees aren't budding yet....that's the only way to distinguish a false spring with the real deal in Texas. Tried and true. When they bud...you know it's spring!!!
My grandmother (Lockhart, TX) told me years ago that once you see the scissortails there will be no more freezes, and the same with the mesquite trees budding green. She is long gone but she told me that in the 1980's and I have applied that test every year and I think those old timers had it nailed.