The Viburnum Prunifolium (I've been practicing that all day so hopefully it's right) is blooming. I found a strange one in the woods with some sort of growths on the leaves.
Just saw a video on rednote that showed a Palestinian man making the traditional dish khubiza, using mallow leaves. Turns out we have a lot of them here and the internet says they are edible. Need to confirm, but I want to try this.
Seems like mushrooms are popping! I found this beautiful cluster of oysters on a stump in my front yard, and a bunch of Virginia pine (?) needles that will either be decor or pine needle soda if they are a true pine needle.
I have the most amazing memory of my parents finding a huge field full of milkweed at that stage, and my brother and I just ran around knocking a million seeds into the wind. I found some seeds a month ago and in going to plant them in a ditch on my property. Long live milkweed!