A perfect day for apple tree pruning. Not too cold, not too sunny, and just a little snow left.

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Bears have been digging up jack-in-the-pulpits throughout the hardwood parts of our land. They make neat, clean little cone-shaped holes and only eat the big plants. The small jacks that so often surround the parent plants remain – until next year.
Beginning in 1995, there’s been a ban on spreading manure in Vermont from today till April 1.
The year’s first chanterelles should be glowing brightly on the forest floor.
Each firefly species has its own flash pattern, a preferred habitat, and a preferred time of the night. After deciding that the one that flashes quickly 4 or 5 times and streaks just above the grasses at dusk was Photuris fairchildi, I looked it up and have had to back off. Turns out that those little beetles are harder to identify than I thought.
As of 11 a.m. this morning, the storm has dumped 26 inches of snow in Dorset.
Toads in the garden and in the lawn. It’s time to do some mowing, but toads come first.
The first thunderstorms of spring arrived on 60-70 m.p.h. winds. Tornado warnings were issued for Bennington, Rutland, Windsor, and Windham counties.
The hot, hot weather in late May took a toll on apple blossoms. They seem to have opened up on one day and disappeared the next. Of course, my sense of time, and most everyone else’s, may be a bit off, due to isolation and discombobulation.