I smacked dead my first mosquito of 2019 on Friday evening. It’s only February, but you can smell freshly-cut grass clippings in the air instead of fireplace smoke, and people are walking around in shorts and flip-flops like it’s summertime.

This year, things that are usually pretty predictable — like planting your garden or crops so the last freeze doesn’t make you start over — are going to be a tougher call. But when you look at the weather forecast for this week and beyond, the warmer than average temperatures and higher than average rainfall predictions should kick-start the beginning of the white bass spawning run and the emergence of snakes.

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