The front of my house is awash with color! The red tulips and yellow daffodils are starting to bloom, and the purple and pink petunias from last weekend are taking hold. The grass is greening with all the rain, and the brown, dead leaves have been raked away.
There's a bit of unwanted color, though, too. Dandelions.
Two years ago, when I moved in, half the front yard (the section between front walk and driveway) was a mess of crabgrass, dandelions and these strange purple vines that choked everything else. Mid-way through the summer, I took the nuclear option, liberally applying herbicide that killed everything in just a few days. Following the scorched earth, I put down about 200 lbs of new soil and reseeded the whole thing. The rest of the lawn got a liberal dose of weed and feed.
So in an effort to nip things in the bud, I pulled out the Whirlybird spreader and methodically meandered through the front yard. It's a tad windy, but hopefully enough of it will stay put to have an effect.
While in the backyard, I found a giant ant colony - heck, nearly an ant continent - that wasn't there last weekend. It was huge, and had a satellite colony about 15 feet away. Don drowned it, and we were both shocked at how much water it took before the thing collapsed, revealing a deep, deep network of tunnels. Nearby, there were several relatively large stones, each 3-4 inches in size. We conjecture that while building the tunnels, the ants moved these rocks! So I've got another thing to monitor over the next couple weeks. If it comes back, we'll try the chemical route.
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