This weekend was beautiful and sunny.
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03/07/2024 Thursday stuff
The peach flowers really peaked last week! Plus somehow I missed the first flowers of false garlic aka crow’s poison.
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A daylight surprise and and after dark surprise!
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I love the volunteer perennial wild violets that come up all over the yard. We especially have a lot in the shade of the backyard, but I’ve found some up front too.
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I am pleased to see both species of wild hyacinths up now.
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03/02/2024 frostweed getting going
Frostweed doesn’t bloom until the fall migration of Monarchs, but it is certainly ready to get started growing! I already found some leaves and the distinctive winged stem coming up near the back fence.
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This year is our year to grow a bunch native legumes, as we decided, and a lot of progress is occurring!
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The non native dandelions and henbit usually start first here but we’re starting to get some native flowers emerging! Plus, daffodil update.
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I am delighted to report some of the hopeful seedlings are looking promising for this species to live in our yard. It’s a perennial, so if conditions for germination were good this year it should stay for a while hopefully.
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