Gardens look like April, not March: weather in WNY

A honeybee took advantage of one of the many crocus flowers on an Amherst lawn on Feb. 27. Photo by Connie Oswald Stofko by Connie Oswald Stofko Does it seem that your crocuses, daffodils or other plants are budding—even blooming—early this year? “There’s no question about it,” said John Farfaglia, extension educator with Cornell Cooperative Extension in Niagara County. “We are ahead of where we would normally be. It looks like April instead of March.” The Southern Tier has also…