WOWK — It may feel like April in January but that is kind of the problem. For our area, spring is our most active weather season with everything from snows to flooding rains, strong winds and storms.

Early spring feels like a clean break from winter, but those first mild weeks mostly reveal what the cold months already set in motion. Roof leaks, ragged lawns, heaved pavement and confused plants ...

This cool, wet spring was perfect for some early insect and disease problems to appear, namely aphids and powdery mildew. Roses and plants in the rose family, like many of our fruit trees, were ...