came home earlier than usual and felt inspired to go climb a tree. trees are on my mind a lot lately and i can’t wait to see some buds. i got distracted by the dejected-looking compost bin and decided to turn it. we’ve been eating less fresh produce lately and sending it down the sink disposer instead. the compost was getting pretty moldy and gross before then. but it looks so much better now! at least i think so. it soon will be time to fertilize some spots in the yard that need encouraging and then start putting more compost in.
after forking some air into the compost (and letting some funky smells waft up) i noticed a litte–wait–no!–really? green! a full-formed if droopy little green plant with a white flower on the end. i pushed back the insulating leaves and checked around some more. sure enough a handful of little greens poking their ways up out of the ground. turning over more leaves i found a fat worm, some pillbugs and a couple blades of grass.
excitedly, i checked the other beds where i had planted bulbs before the ground froze over. one little blade poking up on the side of the garage. nothing yet by the side of the house.
so cute!
after that, my dad and i raised up the bird feeder so the deer can’t keep stealing the seeds. not 15 minutes later the usual pack of deer came bolting into our backyard. they stayed pretty far back.
then we searched some wildflower books to figure out just what was growing already. my dad’s initial thought was: “snowdrops!” (Galanthus) here’s a picture:
yep i think so too!
i like this official description:
There are 75 different species and varieties of snowdrops. They are all white. Isn’t that boring? This is probably why only two species are commonly cultivated.
