More springtime color to break from the late fall blues. Tulips are one of the plants that don’t do well in my front yard. Something about the smell of tulips that makes deer just chomp the blooms right off. (unlike the daffodils in my previous post). I could grow tulips in my fenced backyard, but the garden areas were already full by the time I moved in. Now I would have to figure out what to remove.
I needed to break out of the seasonal affectiveness disorder (brought on this time of year due to the short days here in the Pacific Northwest) and go for a little bit of spring color for a few days. Daffodils are right up there as one of my favorites. They are a symbol of Wales … along with the leek. Some sources indicate that the leek (welsh: cenhinen) was the original and the daffodil was introduced later as a result of it being referred to as St. Peter’s leek (cenhinen Bedr).
Either way, I like them because (besides being Welsh) I can grow them in the front yard and the deer don’t eat them.
Late fall is an excellent time for cat-tail and cat-tail photos. These are very useful plants. The stalks were gathered by the Pacific Northwest native peoples and used extensively, including for weaving into mattresses.
Just a nice flower photo to brighten up your winter day (assuming you are in the northern hemisphere). I tried this one in black and white and it just didn’t do anything for me. Maybe it was my mood at the time, or maybe this one just wanted to be in color. So, here it is.
I like chive. It’s low maintenance and tastes good on baked potatoes. These are growing in a garden box and that previously had a lot of different herbs and such. All the rest died a peaceful death, but the clive did well. I think come spring, I’ll let the clive take over the whole bed and let the bees be happy.