With .38" of rain this past week, the total for March is .71". The shock of going from 75 to 32 degrees in less than 12 hours that resulted in a heavy frost last week has not slowed the growth of winter weeds and the continuing budding of oak and pine trees.  Azalea is budding.  Maple flowering is complete.  Some daffodils have finished blooming.  Forsythia is in bloom now.  Clary sage growth has really increased since last week, and winter wheat still looks good.  Water levels in area field ditches has dropped, with some having no standing water.  Soil moisture in the top layers is still good.  Some early plowing has started on drier sites.