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MAY 2016
SPRINGTIME IN THE ROCKIES
As I have said before, even af- of my claim, I present exhibit A: a picture taken
ter 35 years, Colorado’s weather from my front porch in Perry Park on Mother’s
can still astound me. Where else Day May 10, 2015. It was a doozey.
can you have—two months in a
row!—lovely spring days in the If you’re still itching to plant after Mother’s Day,
70s followed immediately by freezing weather try it. It’ll still be chilly, but maybe no frosts
and two or more feet of snow? and freezing temps after that. But better get it
in quick—because by June 1 it’ll be so hot you
How quickly we forget. Anyone remember the won’t care whether you plant or not—and the
weekend of April 16-17, 2015? Yeah—this year fawns will eat anything you plant because they
was same song, second verse. haven’t learned yet what deer don’t like. But try
it—good things can always happen here. You just
Snow in March...April... And now it’s May. have to be ready to act immediately on that mag-
Friends in other parts of the country are enjoy- ic day when the weather ï¬nally says SPRING!
ing flowering plants and shrubs. The forsythia Yeah, one day. Maybe three if we’re lucky. Be-
has bloomed. The azaleas across the south have fore summer arrives.
done their show. The rhododendrons on the Blue
Ridge Parkway are in full flower. And people are I do love Colorado
already harvesting spinach in warmer climes. ~KDale
And here?—well, now we’re all ready for some
bright flowers. We’re itching to dig in the
dirt and plant some new bloomers, maybe
butterfly bushes and hummingbird mint...
But wait...DO NOT CONSIDER PLANT-
ING A SINGLE THING UNTIL AFTER
MOTHER’S DAY!
The conservative among us will say “until
Memorial Day.†And if you’re new to this
area, that’s no joke. Do not plant yet! Give
it a couple of weeks at the earliest. As proof
