Still no winter

 On June 6th I was wondering when winter would arrive.  Well we have had a
handful of cold days, a handful of mild frosts and no hard frosts since
then.  The grass has kept growing almost continuously (about 80mm in the
last three weeks in the orchard).  In most winters there is very little
growth from June to September, a couple of dozen mild frosts and handful of
hard ones are likely.  I should point out that I have a mixed species
pasture and orchard so it is only the cool tolerant ones growing - but they
are growing.

Now two months later the roses are shooting and I am cutting asparagus.  If
it stays warm we will declare Asparagus Feast in two weeks. The stone fruits
are starting to bud.   I pray we don't get a late frost because bud burst
looks about 3 weeks off.  I had better exdigitate and start my summer crop
seedlings this week.

David