I love that you've taken a cornfield and turned it into this amazing 'jungle'. I love that term for it. The spring growth seems to happen overnight sometimes and it's awesome to watch the transformation.
I love spring as well as photos of lush new growth like yours. Here, in the Bay Area, we've had fantastic spring weather as well as intermittent rainy days. The result: an eruption of wildflowers with names I've been attempting to memorize with the help of an app on my phone. I now recognize Blueeyed Grass, Erodium a.k.a. Stork Bill, Cat's Ear, Blue Dick, California Buttercup, Narrowleaf Mule Ear, California poppy, Checkerbloom, Douglas Iris, and lots of Hairy Vetch (what a name)! All these lovely flowers appearing now for a limited run....
We have vetch and blue eyed grass here also. I visited the Bay Area many years ago and remember an intoxicating scent that I could never find the source of. Was it the bougainvillea?
It's not all so gorgeous, but it has great potential! Sixty years ago the area around my house was almost treeless. We've allowed much of it to revert to nature.
Wow! Thank you for the backstory. I love how you've cultivated a place for nature to return to itself. And I love the OH/WV/PA area. Very close to my heart!
I love your gnomes. I’m trying to do a no mow May and thinking of you. I’m not sure I’ll make it to the end of the month-a little curious about how high the weed grass will get. I can relate to having less time for things now that Spring is here. My house reflects that I’m spending all my time in the garden when I’m not at work or writing. 😊
Yes! I spend as much time in the garden as I can. We're rapidly approaching the time of year when it's too hot to be out there until evening. I'm personally not a fan of no-mow May because just when the critters start to depend upon the new habitat, it gets destroyed. Much better to establish permanent no mow areas in corners of the yard or garden.
Amazing pictures! How lucky you are to live there. The photo of your horse and the barn is frameworthy!
Thank you! I feel incredibly privileged to live here.
I love that you've taken a cornfield and turned it into this amazing 'jungle'. I love that term for it. The spring growth seems to happen overnight sometimes and it's awesome to watch the transformation.
That red barn! What a picture.
I love spring as well as photos of lush new growth like yours. Here, in the Bay Area, we've had fantastic spring weather as well as intermittent rainy days. The result: an eruption of wildflowers with names I've been attempting to memorize with the help of an app on my phone. I now recognize Blueeyed Grass, Erodium a.k.a. Stork Bill, Cat's Ear, Blue Dick, California Buttercup, Narrowleaf Mule Ear, California poppy, Checkerbloom, Douglas Iris, and lots of Hairy Vetch (what a name)! All these lovely flowers appearing now for a limited run....
We have vetch and blue eyed grass here also. I visited the Bay Area many years ago and remember an intoxicating scent that I could never find the source of. Was it the bougainvillea?
No. That was the burritos.
Yes! Of course it was! I did eat some damn good burritos while I was there.
Sooo pretty and lush!! Thank you so much for sharing. Love all this nature! Mid-Ohio Valley... what a gorgeous area!
It's not all so gorgeous, but it has great potential! Sixty years ago the area around my house was almost treeless. We've allowed much of it to revert to nature.
Wow! Thank you for the backstory. I love how you've cultivated a place for nature to return to itself. And I love the OH/WV/PA area. Very close to my heart!
More extensive backstory can be found it the posts, "Farm History in Brief " and "Further Farm Tales."
Thank you, Lynn!
I love your gnomes. I’m trying to do a no mow May and thinking of you. I’m not sure I’ll make it to the end of the month-a little curious about how high the weed grass will get. I can relate to having less time for things now that Spring is here. My house reflects that I’m spending all my time in the garden when I’m not at work or writing. 😊
Yes! I spend as much time in the garden as I can. We're rapidly approaching the time of year when it's too hot to be out there until evening. I'm personally not a fan of no-mow May because just when the critters start to depend upon the new habitat, it gets destroyed. Much better to establish permanent no mow areas in corners of the yard or garden.