Things are finally starting to green up around here. The willow is leafing out, the lilacs have lots of buds on them, and the grass is greening up and starting to grow quickly--that last isn't necessarily a good thing.
And those little yellow sunspots we call dandelions are popping up all over the yard. Makes a nice contrast with the greening grass.
If you live in the 'burbs you're expected to run right out and kill all the dandelions. Or put crap on that will keep them from coming up at all. But out here in the sticks we're a bit more tolerant of them. They add a bit of color and are far from the worst weeds we have to battle. I've gone through a lot of Roundup trying to keep some of them from taking over everywhere.
Once again I have the urge to plant an acre or so of prairie grasses and wildflowers, but I'd have to kill off all the existing grass--weeds, really--and drill it into the soil. Things would be pretty ugly and muddy for a year or two until the prairie plants got going good.
There's also the issue of a pond, which I want to put in in the worst way. These days with the laws the way they are, the SWCD does the deciding on where you can put it and how it's going to be done. So there's no point wasting time and money starting a little prairie if I'm going to have to rip it out to put in a pond.
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