Ah...Spring is around the corner...or least in Houston, it's already here! One of the things I had to get used to when we moved down here 7 years ago, was the idea that Winter only lasted for a wee bit. By the end of January, I started seeing the trees yearning to release their buds and the flowers and grasses would start popping their heads through the ground. Though I thought at first that I would miss the cold, snowy days of late spring in Colorado, I soon discovered that I loved planting flowers in February without having to worry about additional frost or snow. Seven years later, I find that I look forward to the warm, sunny days of Spring. I look forward to having flowers early in the spring, instead of having to wait until later April or May. When I first moved to Colorado though, and for several years afterward, I remember struggling to adjust to the climate. I had lived the first several years of my life in Central Calif...