spring?

British summer time is here in two weeks. Does that mean its spring now? We have had the "worm moon" which is supposed to herald spring. The "worm moon" is the name given to the the full moon in March, its when the worms are supposed to become active again and worm casts begin to appear on the lawn. I have gained some huge worm casts on my lawn...although they could be mole hills. The mole hills are very handy, I've barrowed them off and used them on my raised beds in the polytunnel.

But that is an aside. Is it spring? Well, the dawn chorus is pretty noisy so the birds think it is. I also saw a bat two days ago. There are a lot of insects around so hopefully the bat can stock up on food so that it can hibernate again if it gets cold again. No frogspawn in the pond, so they don't agree. Perhaps the frogs know something we don't.

It will get cold again. It always does. The snows of February have been forgotten, but the snow always makes one last return. Last year it was in April. We'll soon see.



Did you know that all the full moons have their own names? Not that everyone seems to agree. Our friend wikipedia has the best list. I'm now off to remind the chickens that April has the egg moon and they should stop chasing the horses and lay some eggs.



Beggshillbothy.