Monday, April 23, 2012
Certifiable
For twenty years the little woody area on one side of my lot was just another mess that I tried not to look at. Since the tree-cutting and yard-recapturing of last summer, I've started to notice it. And when it was occupied by an interesting troop of quail, I really paid attention to it.
This year, super-rainy March made most plants bud out. But the trees in that mini-woods appeared to be dead. Since I hadn't paid attention to them before, I didn't know their pattern; they might have been dead for several years and I wouldn't have noticed. I was worried.
Today, after two bright sunny 78-degree days, all of those trees are suddenly popping buds and turning their branches green.
Happy.
Okay, no doubt about it. I've become a certifiable plant freak. Completely ignorant and uninformed, but trying to learn. ¶ 5:52 PM
This year, super-rainy March made most plants bud out. But the trees in that mini-woods appeared to be dead. Since I hadn't paid attention to them before, I didn't know their pattern; they might have been dead for several years and I wouldn't have noticed. I was worried.
Today, after two bright sunny 78-degree days, all of those trees are suddenly popping buds and turning their branches green.
Happy.
Okay, no doubt about it. I've become a certifiable plant freak. Completely ignorant and uninformed, but trying to learn. ¶ 5:52 PM
