Is This Butterfly Season Going To Be Late, Early Or Just On Schedule?

Hi  Again, On Saturday the 22nd of March I saw my first Butterfly of the 2014 season in my garden/yard area, flying onver freshly spread mushroom soil. Cabbage White is my sighting and I do not think the mushroom soil was a factor in this sighting, although disturbing the garden area could have been an influence in this event. Mushroom soil is an after product of growning msuhroons and is mostly partially decomposed hay, straw, manure and water that has been previously partly composted and put into mushroom houses to grow mushrooms. After the mushrooms have produced as much as possible the mushroom soil is removed, hence the very shortened life cycle. Mushroom soil is a great soil enhancer of organic matter, therefore I use a lot of it, as I am in the "Mushroom Capital of the World", that is actually Kennett Square, PA. Now back to butterflies and pix of them. The Cabbage White is one of the earlier butterflies to be seen here annually and first seen last year on the 29th of March, so this is a little earlier than last year, additionally we did have a brutally cold winter here this past season that has only released its' grip now. We recently had snow two days ago, that is quite late with a low of 18°. Spring is nearby though, just keep looking. 

                                                                                                                             Have a great day, Denis

This Cabbage White hatched from plants that I overwinter in my basement, mostly Lantana and Canna bulbs