It definitely has begun to warm up. Last week at this time the grass was brown now, after two or so inches of rain and 3 or more days with temperatures in the 60's we are green, at least the road banks and most of the yards. I see the winter wheat starting to change too. It always amazes me how fast the grass turns green here. You can actually walk away in the morning and come back at night and see the difference.

Payton asked me why the grass was green, with my Ag teaching background I said “The grass is green, for the same reason that the leaves on all plants are green. They contain cholorolhyll (used in photosynthesis), and cholorolhyll is green.” He looked at me and said “I’ll go ask dad!”

I am ready for the early spring. I can’t wait to get into the garden, I even did a little seed planting this week and sowed some indoor tomatoes. It can never come soon enough for me.