The first wild flowers are out in the back yard! As ever, I sowed handfuls of seed (just before dusk, just before rain - which is the best I can do when it comes to avoiding feeding the mo[u]rning doves). But because the fire mitigation regulations around here mean that everything has to be mown close before May 1st, the flowers never get much of a chance to reseed and re-establish themselves year on year. It's not been that wet a spring, so I wasn't sure what would come up ... but here's the first California poppy (already wilting on a hot day); and the first something else - I think another kind of poppy ... very bright and pink. I have my fingers crossed that we'll see lots more before the mowers come ...
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