Rain Lilies

During most of the year, my yard is a waste land. In the spring it turns green with weeds and then brown during the hot summer months, since I don't believe in watering the "lawn". In the fall it then fills up with burrs and other seeds that cling to you like Velcro. Jennifer would love to have lush soft grass to frolic in and it might happen eventually, but right now it's our very own nature preserve.

The cause of the saf state of my lawn is the fact that I don't like to mow, conside watering a waste, and really, have been rather passive when it comes to the grass. The great benefit (well, beside not mowing as much) are the wild flowers.

When I first moved into my house, I noticed that sometime there would be a few wite flowers in the back yard. These are, I've been told, Rain Lilies. And sure enough, during the spring and summer, whenever we receive some good rain, they pop up a couple of days later.

Through my inaction, the few flowers have managed to multiply and spread through most of my back yard. So now, after rains, my back yard turns into a flowering sea consisting of beautiful, simple white flowers. They never last more than a week and then we try to either avoid them when moving (which is getting more difficult) or to give them the next couple of weeks to seed before we mow.

I should try to pick some of the seed pods and spread them in the grass along the side walk by the street - they'd look pretty there, too. They also work great as a backdrop for pictures - since Blue Bonnets are so overdone.