Marsh marigold blooms yellow beginning in early April, but not everywhere.
As suggested by the name, this is a lowland plant and can be found blooming along with skunk cabbage along springs. Other populations growing in marshy areas that are not spring fed are not to be found until much later, but don’t give up.
Moving back to the country 16 years ago brought me back to many tasks and chores I experienced as a farm kid, but it also gave us the chance to try some new activities.
At a meeting of the Sauk County Historical Society in 1909, H.E. Cole — an early settler and surveyor in Sauk County — spoke of Baraboo’s first settler: “Abe Wood was a Kentuckian; his wife was a Winnebago [woman]. He was an adventurer; she was a child of the wilderness.”
“Adopt the pace of nature. Her secret is patience.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Mother Nature sure is a fickle one! I finally started seeing my daffodils, hellebores, iris, and my other early appearing perennials and then she threw another snow shower our way! I know I need to be patient, but it is very hard this time of year.
