When I first moved here I discovered morel mushrooms in the back yard and later down along the creek. Every year, especially when we have wet winters and spring, I find an enormous spectrum of mushrooms everywhere. Small ones and some larger than softballs. But this year with all of the wet weather for the past four months I have not seen one large or small mushroom. I didn't think that the drought would totally destroy spores.
Now that the trees are leafing out, I can assess my drought losses. One grove of red oaks close to the house are almost completely gone. I can see one branch that has some green leaves but of the five trunks only that one shows anything. I have a few other dead trees but not near as many as I expected. One cottonwood has only two small branches and is gone. The other has leafed out but has a central top large branch dead.
The bluebonnet field is the best that it has ever been. I am still waiting on the gallardia to bloom. The roses are in full bloom and a pink carnation in a pot is gorgeous. A large mum is putting on buds. My easter lilies in the back yard came up but haven't grown any and I didn't collect the ones from the church this year. I did transplant my Texas sage from a pot to the flower bed where I hope it will grow tall. My two new crape myrtles have leafed out and are looking good.
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