Everything seems early this year, but we yaw from hot to cold to hot to cold- We finally started raking up some leaves today, after leaving them on the ground all winter to protect plants and whatever insects were overwintering in them. After piling the front yard leaves on the compost we soaked them down with the soaker hose. Tremendously dry they were. I used to find worms under the leaves on the driveway in the spring, but not this year. Been too dry. Will get to the back yard leaves next week after the pile has diminished a bit-