Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Weeds or Wildflowers????

I love spring ... especially because of the new lush leaves on the trees and the flowers that are everywhere! I'm finding that in Texas, weeds are out of control!! I'm afraid if I put too much broad leaf weed killer on my lawn, the grass that's left will be sparse!!! Between the weeds and the ants, my grass has to struggle to survive. I'm hearing how hot it is in the summer (can hardly wait to have that to report on!) and how it bakes all the gardens and lawns!! There are numerous 'wildflowers' along the road between our ranch and Olney (6miles). This is just a sampling!!! There was a cost to taking these pictures, so don't think these pics are free!!!
The cost of THIS picture? 30 to 40 chigger bites!!!
This is Walker Road - the street where we live!!! The tall stem full of white flowers? Yucca! Lots of Queen Ann's Lace along the road.These can be found IN the lawn and just over the back fence!!!


This was taken yesterday, along the same stretch of road as the first picture. The cost of THIS picture (Black eyed Susans)? 5 chigger bites!!! The cost of Deep Woods OFF? Priceless!!

Along side Walker Road: don't know the ones on the left,but the ones on the right are Indian Blankets.
And of course, we have Prickly Pear Cactuses:
Could these be weeds?? Or must they be wildflowers???

1 comment:

Cheyenne and John said...

so... was it really worth the chigger bites? they are beautiful pictures and beautiful wild flowers for what its worth.