The early season warmth is always weird. Like last late March when it made it to 83 degrees...but most of the trees were still bare. Unlike the opposite in fall when it gets cold and all of the trees still have leaves.

The 30th looks amazing!

My new place doesn’t have a lawn. Entirely garden.

Some cooler April nights will be great for my poppies that have started to sprout en mass. I need to make some decisions about mowing this year. I have a fisker reel mower, but the blades are nicked and weight might be contributing poor coverage. Anyone here using a string trimmer or a hover mower?

Here was an exception to the Nino = cooler summers idea around the Lakes. Summer 2002: