article_snippet: Mother Nature is nothing if not unpredictable.
article_snippet: last year, however, experts reckon Mother Nature’s running two weeks behind – the evidence of which can be seen in these pictures.
article_snippet: But last month’s bitter cold snap has slowed things down this year.
article_snippet: It has been a colder winter, the soil has been cooler and It has slowed everything down.
article_snippet: But a few days of sunshine is all it could take for it to catch up.
highlights_snippet: Experts say Mother Nature running two weeks behind schedule after February's cold snap slowed spring's arrival .