Last week we planted a place to the CRP that was familiar to me and my family. It was the house the Sandra and Eliane Kenely grew up in. Now before you say anything about how old it looks, most of the old houses have fallen down and it still stands. They buried the house I grew up in and put an irrigation circle on the place. It only lives on in my memory. The Wildflowers caught my attention so I got my camera out.
Wildflowers bloom for a short time and are gone by the time you get back to look if you tarry long. The rain had really greened everything up good and flowers were doing their thing. I like the contrasting colors on these.
These Paper Flowers were in full bloom and are not usually seen growing as individual plants. They are always welcome in the flower patch as the retain much of their cold after they go to seed. They are used in lots of dried floor arrangements.
This a plant that has already made seed and the little white puff balls are blowing in the wind. It looks like at distance that it is white blossom, but you can see the empty heads that have already lost their seed.
This annual Gaillardia is starting to show color and is one of the plants that favors the area’s climate. It is not found too much further to the east in Texas and very drought tolerant.
Well that my report for the week. We continue to get rain in the area and not much hail. Sandfighters are being run nearly ever day somewhere in the area anthem weeds are growing by leaps and bounds. Thank goodness for Roundup tolerant crops as the weeds would take over the fields.
Thank the Lord again for the abundant rains and the good start for the crops. John Tucker
