The Grass Is Finally Greening Up

We had that prolonged cold period this winter with multiple nights in the single digits, and I think it was 10+ days when it didn’t get above freezing. During that time we had close to a foot of snow and sleet frozen as hard as a rock, so there was no light getting through at all. There were numerous places I could walk on top of the thick crust of ice!

Once that melted, I noticed how brown the yard was. Normally we have some green patches, but there was none of that this year when the snow and ice melted this winter. It stayed that way for a bit too.

These past couple of days we have had highs in the 70s and 80s, and thunderstorms or rain showers have moved through. I started noticing hints of green two days ago, but now there is plenty of green. It’s not the grass per se, but it’s the weeds that we don’t care about, like the clovers and especially the onions. We have loads of onions that come up in our yard. The outside smells strongly of them after the first few mows.

As much as I love winter, it’s always a good thing to see things beginning to green up. It’s like nature refreshing the dead landscape, bringing life back. It always puts me in a more positive mood. Soon the bulbs across the street will start blooming, and then the trees will spring to life. They’ll start making that oxygen that we live on.