Photos: Savanna and Prairie Garden

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These are the rest of the pictures I took today, from the savanna and prairie garden.  (See the House Yard and South Lot.)


At the southwest corner of the driveway, the white garden is just some rumpled yuccas for now.




At the northwest corner of the driveway is the wagonwheel garden. My two pink mica rocks glitter in the sun.  I need to trim around them.




The telephone pole garden is still all brown.




Inside these jugs are the pawpaw seedlings from last year. At least one is still alive!




The hazelnut catkins have not opened yet.




The wildflower garden is all dead grass (mostly northern sea oats) and flower stems. I need to get out and clear this off before the flowers sprout.




The savanna has a lot of moss.




The bee tree was surprisingly active, with honeybees to-ing and fro-ing at a rate of about one bee every few seconds.  This is absurdly early for the girls to be out -- nothing is blooming yet.




At first glance, the east end of the savanna looks quite brown.




On closer examination, the first snowdrops are sprouting. In a few days, these will be everywhere.




Looking west across the prairie garden, it is still all brown.




I was surprised to find a couple patches of snow in the prairie garden, even after unseasonably warm days and rain.




This is the one of the big branches fallen in the savanna that will need to be moved before mowing season.




More snowdrops are sprouting at the north end of the flowerbed.




The tulip bed has lots of things sprouting.




These are tulips. They've been up for a while.




These crocuses (the narrow leaves with the green and white stripes) appeared more recently.




The daffodil bed isn't sprouting yet.




This is the rain garden.




Crocuses are sprouting here. I need to rake off the leaves soon.