With a week to go in March we are already running just a few hundredths above normal for precip.  Still, for the water year we are almost 6 inches below normal.  Ground through the freeze thaw cycles we're seeing is significantly more firm than our normal mud season.   The creeks are up a bit but the river remains quite low.  The lawn and pasture are greening up nicely but still showing very little growth.   Our cover crop rye is also greening up and starting to grow a little.   Our prairie has enough cover from last year's growth that it is hard to see how much new growth is happening.  The early woodies, unfortunately that is mostly autumn olive and honeysuckle, are just starting to leaf out.