When is your spring coming?

The chickens recognize the longer days this month. They need nearly 14 hours of daylight to be decent producers. Their union boss must have given them the go-ahead to pick up the egg production after the long winter hiatus. Maybe today I will let them out into the yard to share in the feast of worms.

I’m NOT excited to see the bunnies emerging from winter burrows with babies in tow. These destructive but adorable beasts are the scourge of every gardener. Their mama is about to embark on a homeschool lesson on how to chew an expensive shrub down to the ground overnight and excavate new hiding places along fence posts or under concrete slabs.

Large flocks of Canada geese are on the move, too. (No, you do NOT say Canadian. It is CANADA geese. Think California Poppy or California Quail. You don't say Californian.) You can hear them long before you can see them. They fly in tight formation, looking much like a spearhead aiming for a muddy field with hundreds of their kin already on the ground. Very sadly, one of their regular resting spots just a few lots away from my home will soon be hundreds of houses and apartments. I will miss that deafening cacophony of avian voices. Where will the geese go?

The horses are all so muddy I can’t tell if their coats are becoming loose! With the next ten days or so of warmer and possibly dryer weather, I will be able to tell. I don't really pay attention to what the calendar or weatherman says about the season changing. I just go outside and listen to the critters. The bugs and spiders will give the official nod very soon. Go outside and find out when spring will show up at your place! The animals already know.