Spring is here, and what a wonderful time to be alive. The woods are awake with a chorus of flowers, the sun is shining, the days are warm, the roots are ready to be dug, the spring waters are cool, the buds on the trees are swelling, and the grasslands rest in tones of brown, patiently waiting.
I have checked up on some of the places where I have sown seed, and it is a joy to see life continue to unfold year by year.
In 2017, I sowed seeds of eastern yampah, Perideridia americana. They germinated well in spring of 2018, and this spring in 2019 they are developing into what look like real plants. I wonder how tall they will grow by summer? Another year or two and I expect them to flower.
Eastern yampah germination 2018 
2nd year seedlings 2019
The mayapples have really hit their stride. Seed sown in summer 2017 germinated last year, but were just cotelydons for the whole season. But just look at how they have emerged this spring! What a difference a year makes.
Mayapple seeds 2017 
Mayapple germination 2018 
Mayapple spring 2019
More snap-shots in time, with harbinger-of-spring now…
Harbinger-of-spring germination 2018 
Harbinger-of-spring 2-year-old seedling
That’s all for now, more later. In the meantime, enjoy these trout lilies!
Hello, I was in the permaculture class from the past weekend. Your work was beautiful!