Signs of spring
 

When I was young, the two main signs of spring for me were:

the miniature iris and tulips were blooming
and kittens were being born

What do/did you watch for in spring when you were a child?


Now that I am (much) older, I realize that probably most of the crops had already been planted, and all sorts of trees had done their thing by then - but the kittens and baby iris were what I watched for way back then.

Daffodils in March. There was an old farmhouse next to our house that had hundreds planted in the front yard. We had all our Easter egg hunts there among the daffodils. It was in Mississippi, so no snow.

We lived on the Pacific flyway...ducks and geese migratory path. So we would watch for the birds. They have better weathermen than we do.

Marcia

In Oregon where I grew up, I always waited for the daffodils in the field, new calves, and the lilac tree blooming. Here it is much different- I guess it’s warmer days, grandkids playing softball, earlier sunrises and the jasmine blooming for the first time. (It tends to bloom several times during the summer.)

Daffodils- we lived near a daffodil farm and I can remember walking into the fields and being surrounded by daffodils as far as the eye can see. My high school age cousins would get work picking the daffodils and once all the ones that were good enough to go to the florists had been picked those of us who were younger would go out and pick the rest to sell door to door. As I recall, the farm had one field that was about 50 acres all planted in the larger sized daffodils. That was a real treat.

Rob

When the juncoes (sp?) leave, we know it's really officially spring. They just left a couple of days ago. Also we live near a botanical garden. When we drive by and see the bulbs peaking up, it's spring.

Forsythia in bloom, rhubarb poking through the soil, lambs and calves in fields.

I love the series of events that herald spring.

Today my fruit trees are all in bloom, the Grape Hyacinths are still in bloom the early tulips (those bulbs are over 20 years old) are flowering. The lilac buds are swelling.

We had so much snow that the day my Mom let us wear our shoes outside was a big deal! I still remember that :)

Seeing the early small daffodils blooming means Spring is coming, although snow still comes but, they just keep blooming.

Pussy willows were spring for me.