This weather pattern is about the craziest of swings from lows to highs.  Nature is a bit thrown off.  Precipitation wise we had started off March pretty well including the start of this past week to now along with the unseasonably warm temps seeing the turf dry out very quickly.  So its very obvious we need plenty more water content to replenish the subsoil moisture.  Onto the temperatures.  Whew.  We had a plant and flower / bud killing freezing low of 8 degrees on the 17th and then now 4 days later a record high of 87 degrees.  So likely and obviously the usual flowering plants and shrubs will not have much if any color this spring.  At least the spring song birds have returned and its music to the ears.