bees'll buzz / kids'll blow dandelion fuzz
fuzzy shot of fuzzy bee in the azaleaBad blk, waiting a whole month in the springtime between SOTY posts, when so much changes in this month.
We've already gone through the daffodils, hyacinths, muscari, apple blossoms, and tulips. Pink and red azaleas are out, and white is just starting. Creeping phlox is still in bloom, and my flower garden is just starting the columbine. I see buds for the chives and the irises, for next month, as well as buds for raspberries and blueberries for later. All the trees have leaves again and look so much bigger.
Things I have done: (mostly maintenance)
- Weeded - various things, at least the parts of my yard that have nice things growing where weeds are disruptive and/or invasive. Unfortunately it's a losing battle against bindweed (which wants to choke everything else) and goutweed (which takes over my strawberries) and the bittercress (of which I found huge swaths of in the grass, some of which was already spraying seed everywhere). I still prefer to get rid of various things in the flower gardens, or thistle wherever, and a few others which I don't know what they are but I know they are annoying.
- Mowed - a couple times, actually, including making a teen mow, which may be more difficult than doing it myself. The first mowing of the front yard is pretty much just wild allium. Scents the air quite nicely. At least there are more green things growing in the front yard, although very little of it appears to be grass that I actually like. Sigh. My seeding efforts last year all failed, and I don't know if I care enough to keep trying.
- Planted - just a few things, like basillings in the herb garden and an onion that was already half growing. I'm going to a plant party next week where hopefully I'll come home with a bunch more unwanted (by other people) seedlings. Very few of the seeds I planted have done anything. Quite likely they were spoiled seeds.
- Mulched, with more wood chips that Xuth created by chopping down more of the tree behind our shed. All that's left now is the main trunk(s).
Things to do:
- Toss and spread compost. I discovered a huge clump of volunteer squash seedlings in there the other day. I'll probably kill most of them when I toss it, but it needs to happen soon.
- Get rid of (mostly) dead bushes. This one might take all summer for me to get up the motivation to do it. Ugh.
- Trim hedges. Darn things just keep growing.