In the woods the splashes of white are the dogwoods. They have a striking, bright white flower.
The dogwood tree trunk is also unusual. It looks like the hide of an alligator.
Lots of white foam on stems and leaves everywhere.
If you probe gently with a twig and look carefully you will see the odd looking spittle bug emerge.
The bamboo patch is producing offspring.
And of course, with the good comes the nasty – the ever lurking poison ivy.
I thought the ohio buckeye plants, which I grew from nuts, had all succumbed. So good to see survivors.
And the male kiwi and two females planted last fall made it safely through the winter. I sectioned off 8ft lengths of an oak tree, dug >30″ post holes, and with cable threaded through, I made a trellis for my kiwi vines which are trained vertically on bamboo from my bamboo patch (the oak club leaning against the right post is for my neighbor’s large dogs which escaped their enclosure).
My groundcovers run rife. In the orchard I have crimson clover and hairy vetch and will probably let them go to seed since they stall the spread of bermudagrass and their self propagation simplifies my life.
My winter rye in the vegetable area stands 6 ft tall. I just received an email that my sweet potato slips have been shipped so this patch will soon be leveled.
I find persimmon difficult to grow. My Asian persimmon looks good next to its wildflower neighbors.
Crimson clover now lines the highway and surfaces in all my growing areas. It is attractive to me, my bees, the bumblebees and even this small green hopper.
