It IS spring, isn't it?

A few of the white tailed deer feasting on leftover cabbage

In this neck of the woods, when a few hundred deer descend on a cabbage field in Berwick scavenging for leftovers from the previous fall's harvest, you know that real spring (not just the date on the calendar) is close. The odds of spring truly arriving in mid-March in the Maritimes are very low. It's not unusual to have snow storms well into April and sometimes even into mid-May. There's no rush to plant a garden, let's put it that way.

Of course, SOME people figure that if it's after the official first day of spring, it really IS spring and certain tasks should be done, regardless of what is really happening outside. For example, to save wear and tear on our winter tires, something that happens if you run them too long on bare pavement, my husband decided to go to the garage and have them taken off today. It's snowing now. Go figure. Then again, the roads have been bare and dry for two weeks so what is one to do?

Roachville Road leading down in to Sussex

At this point, all we can do is wait and hope for warmer, brighter days and the hours of daylight increase minute by minute. And, stay out of the fields. When they thaw it will be boot-sucking swamp season!