When we moved here seven years ago, the meadow was mostly Queen Ann's Lace and golden rod. When we put in the three ponds, we scattered wildflower seeds and I collect seed heads and scattered those seeds each time I took a walk to keep spreading the wild flowers. Daisies have always been my favorite but now I love my lupines too! They were the first flowers to grow in all the ash after Mt. Staint Helen erupted. They don't do well in a pampered garden but the disturbed soils from the pond construction was perfect for the lupines.  Coreopsis bloom after the lupines go to seed.  Purple violets bloom very eary in the spring and are the state flower for Pennsylvania. Other violets abundant in the meadow are the dog violets and the northern white which grow in the woods.  Hawkweed and a daisy   |
  Foxgloves pop up here and there.   Day lilies and asters look beautiful on the pond edge.  <<<< We mow the trails around the ponds to allow the wildflowers to grow. In August the most abundant flowers are the Queen Ann's lace, golden rod, and black eyed susans. The lupines had all gone to seed. The swallows woodcocks, and red winged blackbirds have all left and it seems so much quieter. |
