"Poor man's fertilizer" Aunt Lillian used to call it - a late year snow.  Snow contains nitrates and can add 5 to 10 pounds per acre into the soil.  I suspected winter wasn't really over - the juncos have never left.  The red winged blackbirds have been here for weeks, and the juncos usually leave the same time the squaking  blackbirds arrive.  So here it is April 4th and we have more snow on the ground then for the entire winter. And the first snow day of the whole season for the school kids.

The forsythia is blooming, but the snow does nothing for the usual cheerfulness of the flowers.  The daffadils are drooping under the weight of the snow.  The lawn furniture just looks plain silly with snow on it.  Yesterday after leaving Mass the priest was wishing people Merry Christmas, as he wore a heavy coat and hat.  So the weather makes for some interesting conversation.

We've had snow in April before, the most famous was an April Fool's snow that knocked out the electricity for a week.  It was kind of fun though, using candles, going to the fire house for dry ice, and even a community breakfast of pancakes at the firehouse.  When the Central Hudson trucks came down the road, people cheered, like they were the winning Super Bowl players.

The latest snow I remember, and have the pictures to prove it, was May 7th.  The apple trees were heavy with leaves and buds and snow.  So, come on down, poor man's fertilizer.  Do your thing.