Good morning, and whaddaya mean it's December already? Welcome to Saturday Morning Garden Blogging.
After our unseasonably warm Thanksgiving, Denver went into December with ccccold! On Tuesday night cold front rolled in, and Tuesday's low and Wednesday's high were the same: 21°. Thursday, the high was 17°, and lows have dipped below zero.
The cold abated a bit yesterday, getting above freezing... but we're getting slammed again tomorrow, with a it of snow and highs in the teens predicted. Cold weather is forecast to continue through at least mid-week.
But Monday when I came home from work I was momentarily confused at the crocus blooming in the front beds. I'd forgotten that I'd finally managed to slam the fall-blooming crocus into the ground earlier in November and, despite the delayed planting, they bloomed.
While the cold arrived outside, colds also arrived indoors. Younger Son was hit first, followed by Older Son. On Wednesday I started hacking and had a sore throat — and finally the Mister came home yesterday feeling punk.
No, not the flu — not nearly sick enough for the flu, just mildly miserable, and the really bad part lasts only a day. But it's enough to have thrown me totally off-schedule with Christmas preparations. I had planned to have the house picked up and the Christmas Moose scattered by now, so we could get the tree this weekend. It's not going to happen.
I will manage to get the Moose out this weekend, but that's likely about as far as it will go.
That's what's happening here (or not). What's going in your gardens?