Yesterday I awoke to 3 inches of snow on the ground. The forecast was for an inch or less. No harm though, it was all melted by the end of the day ????. There's a warning for a little more tonight. That's March weather around here all right.

Some irritating snow fell a few days ago - just a ground covering which melted by the end of the day. Same thing is forecasted for late tomorrow night. It must be March!

Haven't been out to do any rough pruning for a while. I'm not really looking forward to that until the weather cooperates!

I started the "rough" pruning yesterday, trimming down the 2 bushes of Sally Holmes on the south side of the house. This is merely cutting away the black canes that have died over winter. After viewing most of the roses, there's not very much green cane above the mulch line, which is the total opposite of last year at this time. I might even have a few casualties this year but at this time it's hard to tell. I'll continue the rough pruning whenever the temps cooperate, meaning 50 degrees or above and not too much wind.

It only dipped down to about -6F last night - not quite as bad as feared. Lows for the next few days are at or slightly above zero. We have about 4" of snow on the ground so I think no damage done. It will be interesting to see how this coming Spring will compare to the Spring of 2024, which was the earliest arriving Spring I can remember, with almost no winterkill and for the most part, there were green canes for at least 12-18" from the bud union and some much higher than that. I'll be more than happy if I just have no casualties.