Summer is a week away, and both Mama Gaia and the weather are showing it. After a lot of rain in the past month or so we're finally getting a stretch of at least five warm, dry days. The Spring flowers are dying off and the Summer ones are starting to bloom. And the tall grass up on the meadow in the Dykeman Spring Nature Park is very tall indeed, and browning up. My friend Wade finally has a chance to get at it on his old Case tractor, and he was up there today mowing away. He told me he was going to try to get 30 acres cut and baled in that five-day stretch. And if the usual storms don't appear after that, he may try for the whole shebang. Fingers crossed!
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| Crown Vetch along the Dykeman Walking Trail |
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| Canada Thistle in the Dykeman Spring wetland |
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| Mama Mallard takes the kids out for a spin on the north duck pond |
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| A view across the meadow |
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| Another view across the meadow |
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| Let the first haying begin! |
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