Weeds are popping up all over!!

I don't know how they manage to grow and survive the cold, freezing temperatures but we have a "bumper" crop of weeds this spring. Jim sprayed with weed killer to try to rid the lawn of some of the weeds, but new ones have come up since he sprayed. I took advantage of the nice, cool weather today to divide hostas, pull weeds in flower beds, and prune some vines that died during the winter. Jim thinks it's remarkable that I know where every flower in our yard came from, when and where I got them and all about the characteristics of each particular flower or shrub. After all, I am a certified Master Gardener!

We got rid (dug up) our monster banana bush and planted an azalea in its place. Planted an Orient pear tree in our "orchard" at the back of the yard. Cleaned the bird bath and added water. It was a sunny warm afternoon and there were so many birds splashing in the bird bath today. It's fun watching them and there were so many different ones. My favorite is the little blue bird and we have some nesting already in the back yard.

I bought a "weed book" to help me identify weeds. Now I have go find out what to put on them to kill them and when to apply the chemicals needed. Mostly we just mow them down. Our bermuda grass lawn is so late turning green that we need the weeds to have green in our yard.

I wanted to share something with you tonight so I will post some photos of weeds in our yard. See if you recognize any of them.  

#1 - henbit
#2 - wild onions

#3 - dandelion
#4 - wild geranium