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"Puester" > wrote in message
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> It's April 10. Spring flowers are in bloom. The lupine, iris and day
> lilies are about 6 inches tall.
>
> The flowering and fruit trees are in bloom (You can see where this is
> going, can't you?) including our two mature apricot trees. Leaves are
> emerging from buds on shade trees.
>
> We had many days in the low 70's in March.
>
> Today it is 30 degrees and SNOWING, with 6-8 inches forecast.
>
> Here we go, another year w/o home-grown apricots.
>
> I can't decide if it's fools not learning from former errors or hope
> springing eternal, but over the weekend we planted two cherry trees and
> another apricot (we hope it's a later-blooming one.)
>
> ;-(
> gloria p


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Jon