Green Spring

 Bluebonnets peaking, has been a pretty good year.












Hinckley's Columbine starting to bloom at farm, my favorite is Rocky Mountain blue columbine but this beauty will have to do in our Texas climate.

Everything must have been perfect for the petunias, hundreds have come up - along w thousands of weeds. Am pulling weeds every weekend, sooner or later will be a magnificent patch of Muskie petunias (but for armadillos?). Mostly white w some purple and shades in between. Very fragrant.







Tall green grass, mostly rye grass - rye grass may not be good to keep, choking out wildflowers. Also masses of dandelion like plants called Cat's Ear, past years mistake to let them grow alongside bluebonnets going to seed, now they're about to take over. Last few years have been pitiful, but things are looking very good so far this year. I personally like hot and dry, but feel bad for plants/trees suffering.

Spring

First pale blue bonnets are appearing. May be a good year bc of rain.

Found a new flower in the field last year - came back this year, claytonia virginica
















wild muscari

one more dead tree gone - so far this makes 4 trees we have removed bc they are around house. A big water oak seems half alive so far this spring - hope it makes it. There are others that are dead and even starting to fall over on their own out in the woods. It's a sad thing - includes many cedars and native pecans.

A few weeks ago noticed that a number of trees on the hill had bad wind damage. A number of oaks had big limbs at the top knocked out, and about four cedars (about a foot+ diameter) were just broken in two about 6' up. Maybe a small tornado didn't touch ground or something. Sorry for the trees, but glad it didn't hit the house or barn.