Cut the grasses today...

not the lawn but, the ornamental grasses. In order to eliminated my frustration with the deerlybeloved, those creatures that I formerly referred to as "rats with antlers", my newest garden is an ornamental grass garden. This garden fills every need I have for a beautiful garden... texture, line, shape, color, rhythm, proportion, symmetry... and the deer don't eat it. The ornamentals should be cut back in March, if possible. The snow has melted enough so I was able to trim them today, they will not begin growing again until late April or May. They offer a garden of loveliness Summer through Spring, constantly growing and changing.

The turkeys were in the yard this morning, the males are now displaying for their "harem". One Tom was displaying for seven females, while they continued to eat the cracked corn and black oil sunflower seeds, on the ground. Another Tom came into the yard with five hens, our yard is a busy place this time of year.
Benjamin Franklin wanted the Turkey to be named our National Bird, its displaying mode shows a very "patriotic" looking bird, with its red, white and blue head.