First mowing of the year.

February 5 it is, and I already felt compelled to do some lawn-mowing. It was terribly thick in some areas, and if you put it off, you are just heightening the difficulty later. It hasn't rained for quite a few days, so I though had better get at it. I decided to leave the front yard alone as it wasn't bad yet. Also, violets have taken over the place and I want to leave them alone and not discourage them. I have no idea where they came from, but they are so pretty. There is also some beautiful light green clover in the front yard that later blooms with some adorable pink flowers and I didn't want to ruin that either. Then, all around our big cedar tree, and in various small patches in the yard, there is this little bulb flower that makes tall dark green grass and blooms in the spring with pretty little purple flowers. They are cute but the plant seems a bit invasive. I've been in a dilemma how to treat them. I mowed down the backyard ones, but I think if it rains soon, I will selectively pull the front yard ones up by the root and see if you can control them and enjoy their beauty without getting irritated with them. They smell like onions and when you mow over them, they clog up the mower much worse than the thick grass does. Anyway, I like to try to use what I call "selective mowing" to encourage pretty little flowers in the yard. I wish we had some of those tiny white daisies you see in some lawns. It would be great to have an entire lawn or large patch that was mostly small, pretty flowers.