Ric
It is typically late March- early April where we can start working things in the pond as well. Generally we start up one pump at a time and then pick a weekend that looks half way decent and then get the waterlilies lifted divided and fertilized. It seems like it doesn't take long for things to all of a sudden pop!
It seemed like last year, the snow was never going to end. - this is March 23rd last year..