Spring

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On any day of the year in Seattle, one can experience low clouds and forty-five degree weather. That’s the base line. Temperature will vary high or low, sunlight will be dim or relatively bright depending on the month, wind will be strong or light, and humidity will be on the dry side or dripping out of the sky, but one can always count on gray and forty-five.

Any time the temperature is over forty, things grow. This year spring arrived the day after Christmas. It was clear, and the plants and grass lifted their heads and got going. It won’t be long before it is time to give what’s left of the lawn its first mowing of the year.

Cutting the grass this early makes a dense turf with green stems right down to the roots. A little attention to weed control allows the survivors to generate a bonny green community that will carry itself through the warm months with no maintenance to speak of.