Today wasn't windy, in the mid 60s, but cloudy as all get out. I don't think I've seen the sun in like 2 weeks. Every day has been high clouds. I've almost forgotten what the sun looks like. Humidity is like 9%. Dry as hell, .. what did I do to deserve such weather?
On a bright note, took better stock of my plants out in the front yard. Delphiniums are coming back with a vengence, as well as my agastaches. Daylilies, Tradescantia coming up everywhere I planted it (just the concorde grape for now, Blue & Gold is a later plant), roses are greening up with leaf shoots everywhere (even with my poor Austrian Copper that I horribly planted 3 years ago.. I'm so surprised that it survived!), signs of life in some of my butterfly bushes & columbines are already about an inch tall! Yay! No signs of swelling/greening with my forsythias and my ancient lilac is just sitting there. Some newer lilacs I put in the ground last year (Charles Joly, Dappled Dawn) are swelling nicely. Went to LGS (Tagawas Gardens) and was immersed in growing green there, but I'm not going to shop there much this year if at all.. too expensive. All their roses (already a foot to 18" tall) are $39.99 this year.. too rich for my blood. Even with shipping buying from RU or Palatine is better.
