Microclimates, rats and fabric foliage

Another installment of Rootbound Clippings

The backyard trilliums finally started to emerge this week though a local nature blog I follow reported trilliums blooming earlier in the month.

My backyard must be a microclimate. The daffodils are blooming in our neighbors’ yards for a week or two before the flowers show themselves in our yard. I’ve been watching the fig tree I planted last summer clos…