Changing Seasons and Tides

Part of what I would like this blog to be is a record of the changes in seasons and of our home and how we live.

I am happy to be in residence here at the marsh's edge. So far, I have lived in the house for 12 months with Mark, watching the seasons change over the marsh and in our yard. The tide comes in and out of our yard at various heights. Right now it is low tide, so I can't see the water. At the edge between the salt marsh's smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) and our yard, we have sea oxeye daisy, groundsel, and other salt-tolerant plants. Our suburban grasses won't grow where the tides enter the yard, as it is too salty.

In our yard, there is a wild persimmon tree (Diospyros virginiana), two live oaks (Quercus virginiana), a sabal palm (Sabal palmetto), and a southern hackberry (Celtis laevigata), which we have watched lose and gain leaves and bear fruits. Mark has been trying to harvest the persimmon fruits to make his aunt's persimmon pudding, but has yet to master the timing. It's too late this year, so we will have to wait until next.