Garden Challenges & Wonders

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         It, that bindweed, is back, and I'm out again on the prowl! But in the midst of weeding, I saw such wonders, all busy, moving, eating, growing! I'm glad the weather is warmer, and we've had more rain in the evenings. Plants and trees are happy! And I am, too.

        "The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself."   

                                                                                                           ~Henry Miller

Bees have returned!

See those pointy leaves crawling up the leaf?
That's bindweed!

Poppies are ready to break out! And there's a piece
of bindweed! Yikes!

I love watching the roly-polys, or pillbugs
 if you prefer. We used to keep a terrarium
of them in the classroom. Did you know they're
crustaceans, the same class as crabs & lobsters?

A new plant about to bloom. I'm unsure what it is.

Worms are everywhere, and that's good!

Iris about to open.

Roses about to bloom.

A new shrub, related to lilacs, I think. The blooms
smell good, too.