Dakota Gardener: Don’t let Mother Nature fool you

Longer days give us the sense of spring, but we are very much still in winter. Pixabay photo

Longer days give us the sense of spring, but we are very much still in winter. Pixabay photo

Dakota Gardener: Don’t let Mother Nature fool you

Dakota Gardener: Don’t let Mother Nature fool you

Dakota Gardener: Don’t let Mother Nature fool you

Dakota Gardener: Don’t let Mother Nature fool you

The days are getting longer. In the month of February, we gain about an hour and half of daylight from the beginning of the month to the end of the month. February always feels like the turning point of winter to me. I learned a new term, 'solar spring,' from a news clip, and it occurs from Feb. 5 to May 5. This sun-based season is when we gain the fastest increase in daylight hours.

In the central…