Mowing the Grass

It had been a couple weeks since i had mowed the back yard. I gotten to the front on Monday, but by today the grass was 8 inches long. So with my trust 1975 Simplicity lawn tractor i headed out to the backyard.

To my surprise the backyard was full of wild flowers, mostly the same type, but it was pretty cool to see. So I ran back to the house and got the camera before I cut the flowers down with the mower.

Here is a full picture of the backyard












Here is a closer picture of the Orange and Yellow flowers.There are more daisy like flowers like the one below, but at the time i didn't even see them.

You can just barely see the moss in this picture. I just wanted to get a picture of it because it grows all over the place in the very back of our yard. It has given me the idea to start a small bog garden. Maybe 10 feet in diameter.
So all of it is mowed down now, well not all. I couldn't mow all of it. So Erin and I went out and marked were we wanted to put the fire pit and seating area around it. Then i mowed the grass shorter around were i wanted to keep the wild flowers. The plan is to then add more flowers by seeding the area heavily. I will post pictures of the beds later this weekend when I get the pictures taken and some of the daisies moved over.