On the Shores of Lake Chicago

gardening in Oak Park, IL, in the clay mud of prehistoric Lake Chicago

11 April April 11, 2007

Filed under: Gardening, Native Plants, Pond — lakechicagoshores @ 2:58 pm

I was going to take some pictures of the scilla and chionodoxa in the front lawn, but the weather intervened. Here’s the pond, with the forsythia to the right (note that it looks the same as it did in the 29 March posting!) and some wild iris (Iris shrevei) to the left, starting to poke up in the pond.

The snow is quite pretty, but enough already. I want to garden!

 

2 Responses to “11 April”

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