To top off the unseasonably warm "winter" we've had in New England this year (lots of record breaking days) we're in for temperatures that may reach 80-something°F this week.
Today I was doing my annual epic brush burn (about a Greyhound bus sized pile of branches) and happened to wander over to the veggie garden where I had parked three potted Fuggles from last year and noticed the crowns had buds all over them! Yippee!
I had totally neglected the poor things, intending to sink the pots in the garden at the end of the Fall so they didn't get winter burn, but didn't get a round tuit before the ground hardened, so they sat on top since November. Apparently, they are determined to live!
Meanwhile, my more serious beds of Chinook, Centennial and Cascade are still snoozing under the heavy chopped up leaf mulch I laid down last November. I'm thinking I need to pull the mulch back tomorrow to see what's what with them, and let them feel the heat wave.
Can't wait to see them all popping!
Cheers!