Interesting about the way you're seeing climate shifts in your area, Retired. We're having a strong El Nino year (affected, of course, by warmer oceans), so it's tough to know what is an anomaly, but we are having warmer, wetter winters, with less constant drizzle and more severe, short rainfalls. Earlier, warmer springs, and longer, drier summers with less snowpack to help at the end of the summer/early fall to keep the rivers flowing for the salmon. It's awesome in the spring--I meant to add to my earlier post that putting out tomatoes under cover now would be a full month early, and late May is pushing it some years--but less awesome in September...
I've decided I'm potting up my tomatoes this week. I use soil blocks and LOVE--LOOOVVE!!!--them. Most years I don't bother potting up, but this year the toms are growing faster, and although this week's temps are good, apparently we have a weekend coming with rain and overnight lows of 4C. They would hate that. :) I'm also not dealing with 50 seedlings this year to pot up, so I'm not so daunted. Another month in the greenhouse is probably best...