Jerry Davis
For Agri-View
Everything is prime for scenic drives, rides, walks, hikes and even runs to learn what this season’s opening is about. The grand green curtain of spring begins covering all, from tree tops to forest understories and from brown corn stubble to germinating no-till plantings. There are new, brighter needles on many evergreens and pond scum is giving a lime coating on farm ponds. The shades of green seem to far outdistance any other color, so to describe spring as being green is unfair.
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