We have *Crocus, Galanthus, Cyclamen coum,* and the very first *Scilla siberica,* *Anemone blanda, *and* Narccisus* blooming here, BUT they've been covered by snow for a week now at my location. I did have two earlier glorious days of sun opening the crocus (mostly tommies), with the attendant frenetic honey bees (it has to be about 50℉+ for them to forage here) gathering pollen. As for the peepers, they've been silenced by the snow and cold. They had started their chorus earlier in the month. They'll be back, and their suite will become a symphony when they're joined by the owls, coyotes, and the occasional mystery voice. Every year the peepers claim my rainwater catchment basins in the garden area as their own. I could use the water, but haven't the heart to turn them out. I let (encourage?) this happen every year. Go figure! The basins are the summer-long home of their progeny. For those of you that may be following your own ventures in self futility, the tadpoles' favored food is lettuce leaves. But then they do provide wonder and entertainment, and the assurance that the environment here is not toxic enough to kill them off (timber companies spray massive amounts of herbicide and who knows what else near by). I don't know if they're the same species as in the eastern US. Salamanders will follow later, but no arias from them, unless I'm mistaken. Mike western Washington state, zn.7 BTW - my *Nothoscordum dialystemon;* syn. *Ipheion dialystemon; *syn. *Nothoscordum felipponei; *syn. *Ipheon;* syn. *Tristagama; *syn*. Name du jour *is blooming two months later than usual this year. It is in full bloom now in a minimally heated greenhouse. I usually have the very first bloom appear on or close to Thanksgiving day. Not so this year. I've treated it no differently than in previous years. Has anyone else had a similar experience with delayed bloom this year? They fill the greenhouse with their fragrance on warmish, sunny days. On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 8:03 PM, Cody H <plantboy@gmail.com> wrote: > That reminds me of one of the most amazing experiences I’ve ever had, which > was walking through a small swamp in a tropical jungle on the eastern slope > of the Cordillera Central in Costa Rica during a frog mating orgy (there’s > really no better word to describe it). We counted nearly twenty species of > frog, including red-eyed tree frogs and other colorful species. There were > tens of thousands of individuals, literally dripping from the trees as they > scrambled to find partners. The noise of their mating songs was deafening, > we could barely hear each other yelling from a few inches away. I don’t > think I’d ever want to live deep in a lowland tropical jungle for any > significant length of time, but they sure can be amazing places to visit. > On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 9:24 AM Erik Van Lennep <erik@tepuidesign.com> > wrote: > > > I moved from New England to Europe 17 years ago...and there are no Spring > > Peepers here. I still miss them. > > One of my most ecstatic experiences was walking into a wetland, > surrounded > > by peepers, and feeling absolutely saturated by the sound of their Spring > > joy. People who haven't experienced it don't get it at all. > > > > erik van lennep > > > > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > > > > *“Another world is not only possible, she is already on her way. On quiet > > days I can hear her breathing.” * - Arundhati Roy > > > > > > > > > > Here in Massachusetts, it snowed again, and we have neither > > > crocuses nor > > > > > > peepers. > > > > > > > Jane S > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…