Yes indeed, it is May, and that means full on spring! Petcretary;s favorite season. Though...we have had a frost warning, both Saturday morning, and again today after midnight. Brrr! She took several plants inside...but the perennials will just have to deal with it...though she did notice some frostbitten leaves on some of the shrubs, and the trumpet creeper.
Oh well, the cooler weather means less bugs for now, we will complain about that! Though a few days ago, Petcretary found a tick trying to make itself at home on her arm...so she'll watch for any signs of illness. She did save the tick for analysis, just in case...yucky little monsters!
Out in the wayback of our yard, there are still bazillions of weeds, now she's starting to try and get a handle on the cleavers...which is not a bad plant per se, but it is a nuisance! It STICKS to everything! And smothers everything as it spreads. It actually can be eaten, and used for various traditional remedies. BUT...it also makes seeds that stick to US, Blah...
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| Thank you, internet...this is what cleavers look like. |
We also have a few 'stands' of May apples
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| May Apples; very toxic, and used in medicine, one of them being for plantar wart removal! |
The Canada May Flowers are beginning to show flower stalks, though many of these plants do not make them at all!
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| Canada Mayflower |
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| Wood ferns, check out the fiddle heads! There are all kinds of these clumps everywhere in our woodsy part of the yard. |
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| Yellow corydalis |
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| Chives, almost ready to blossom |
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| Bleeding Hearts |
Of course we also rule our yard...and Benji dug out three huge caverns in the back, he was so diligent in his efforts, the dirt was scattered about 10 feet from where the action was. So out came the cayenne pepper...its a great way to make digging in the same spot not fun...at least this project was at the base of a large pile of wood from petcretaryls lumberjacking efforts...
We got some treats after we ate our supper...(Shhh, don't tell them they are actually dental treats...)
Love seeing all of your wildflowers and flowers and yup, we know all about cleavers! Great selfies, Dalton and Benji!
ReplyDeleteBenji you better watch out. If you do that much digging work, someone might hire you out to work on a farm and dig lots of holes. We've had the frosty mornings too including today. I'm hoping today's Sunshine isn't fake like yesterday's. It disappeared way too fast. Precious started B12 2 days ago so we have our Paws crossed.
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