As a lover of wild plants, I always have a hard time making the decision to mow the lawn, especially for the first time in the spring. If I can let it go a few more weeks, who knows what treasures may appear? For instance, we have a couple of wild hyacinths blooming in the yard right now, along with some spring larkspur, which you can see in the picture above. Of course, it will have to be done eventually, but if I can wait a bit, I might be able to transplant some of those surprises into a bed where they can grow unhampered.
Sometimes I wonder if God didn't design this little piece of property just for me. We were able to buy it from a little lady who had the same affection for wild flowers and herbs as I do. For fifteen years or more, she brought interesting native plants here and put them in little beds around the trees, and now I get to enjoy the fruit of her labors.
Wondering if the last few days of rain will bring out any morel mushrooms. It has been an awfully dry April. We used to get them in our yard where we lived before.
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