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03.20.06 ::
My efforts to reseed the yard with bluebonnets did not go well. Last year I put out a large two pound bag of seeds, but the summer and fall drought and unusually warm winter temperatures kept the seeds from germinating. There just simply isn't anything blooming; not even the areas that had already been naturalized for years have any sprouts (see below)...only a few and they are not blooming yet. I fear they may all be gone. I am not sure if the seeds will sit in the ground for another year.
So
Sad...
My efforts to reseed the yard with bluebonnets did not go well. Last year I put out a large two pound bag of seeds, but the summer and fall drought and unusually warm winter temperatures kept the seeds from germinating. There just simply isn't anything blooming; not even the areas that had already been naturalized for years have any sprouts (see below)...only a few and they are not blooming yet. I fear they may all be gone. I am not sure if the seeds will sit in the ground for another year.
I am trying to
remain hopeful, but it is deeply depressing for me since
I have such a sentimental attachment to the bluebonnets being on the
property...seeing them disappear year after year has been difficult since they brought
me so much pleasure as a child. Despite this
year's setback, I will continue to reseed them and bring them back.
2004 Spring Bluebonnets
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03.18.2005 ::THEN
& NOW
April 11,
1971 - My sister and I looking for Easter eggs among the
bluebonnets. (I'm the dancing blond!)
There
are not nearly as many flowers
on our property as when I was young. The photos below
were taken in 2004 just as I had moved into the house.
The
small buds for these flowers begin showing
on the ground around February, eventually blooming in late
March, and dying off in late April. In May after the blooms have fallen
off you will see the large green pea pods that contain the seeds
I do not clean up the dead plants until
the seed pods have dried, opened and dropped to the
ground...then I mow the dead stalks down and weeds that have grown up
around them.
Currently there is a large patch next
to the
house on the south side, where the vegetable
garden was once located. I am trying to start new patches of them away
from this garden. There
is also a smaller
patch
on the north side of the driveway, in front of the back barn.
