Forsythia starting to bloom - this is an indicator of how the season is progressing. Probably we are about 7-10 days behind normal: not that we seem to get a normal season very often. Last year the season was about two weeks ahead of normal.

Chinch bug damage -eight months later

This lawn was damaged by chinch bugs last summer. Now the lawn has died on over 80% of its area.

We recommend that the lawn be aerated and overseeded. This will allow the lawn to fill back in about six weeks.

First dandelions of 2013 starting to bloom. On the north side of an east-west street., so this lawn get the full southern exposure of the sun

The season of the yellow invaders awaits the #lawncare times

Garlic mustard- tried a potful. Not a plat pot full but a kitchen pot full. A frying pan full actually. Ate some last spring an they tasted like rapini. This year they were very bitter. So will try again when they have grown a little more- more like the stage they were last year. Maybe the young leaves, while tender areole bitter than the bigger leaves. Did manage to get rid of a few plants but it looked like there ere hundreds of new seedlings coming up.

Daffodils are a yellow flowered bloom that #lawncare folks don't mind. Great perennial bloomer, great for naturalizing, easy to care for. You just have to plan ahead as they are purchased and planted on the autumn

Dusting of winter this morning with a hint of a Bluebird

Chiondoxa flowering perennial bulbs that sometimes escapes into lawn. Fortunately it's foliage is grass like and the foliage soon dies down and disappears. So if you find this in your lawn, just enjoy the blooms. At least the flowers are not yellow.