Hump Day
The first hump day of May.
The sun is bright but where there are dandelions, their bloom is brighter yet. If I take a few of them out each day, I will make progress. With my mighty clipper in hand, I cut off the dried stalks of 2024’s Autumn Joy plants. Those sweet plants come up year after year. As the summer season lengthens, they will be ready to put out blossoms that butterflies are attracted to. Each day that I do a bit, I am finding more and more Hosta plants making themselves known. It is difficult as the Star of David plants are thick, and . . . everywhere. Their greenery looks much like fine onion greenery. Out from the center of each plant will be a lone blossom stalk that comes up with the most delicate white star, thus the Star of David. After the bloom is done, the entire plant dies off and you would be hard pressed over time to know that it was there. I have tried to thin them by digging them up and out. They grow from a little white bulb that does look like an onion. I have given up. I let them do their thing . . . they win.
Last fall when I was poking around under the white lilac bush, there was a single tall stalk that looked very much like an asparagus plant that had seeded out. I put a special little rock by it. Last week, I had two beautiful asparagus stalks about six inches tall. I didn’t cut them, though munching on them was tempting. I will let them seed out and perhaps these two will continue to feed the root ball for more coming up next year. Bless the bird for doing his business and dropping a seed within it.
The Jack-in the Pulpits are doing well. Many years ago, Calvin and Lois brought me a plant when they came through from Iowa. A very special plant indeed.
Dennis finished mowing our original lot today. After that, he changed oil in both mowers. Ready for the next time.
With that I will take my leave. ♥