BLACKBERRY WINTER

I have been hearing a lot of people refer to the cold weather last week as "Blackberry Winter." I had to find out more....

...from Wikipedia...

...an unseasonally cold period in spring. This may be called a blackberry winter as it may coincide with the time when the blackberries bloom. It may also be called a dogwood winter. In Tennessee dogwood winter and blackberry winter are two separate occasions. Dogwood being first and blackberry a couple of weeks later