Covered bridge in Rural Wisconsin

After a couple hours of garage sales (with a couple of nice finds), we are just north of Wild Rose.  On one of our random road trips a couple years ago we came across a little country store with antiques and haven’t been able to figure out where it is.  We think its north of Wild Rose so any time we are in that area we take a road hoping to find the place again.  Struck out again, but came into the small unicorporated town of Rural on the east side instead of the west.  There we stopped at the gift shop in the mill.  I notice a sign saying covered bridge, so I walk down the steps down to the river and take this picture from the banks.

First lupine grown from seed

Always loved seeing the lupines on the drive up to the house in the spring so in 2007 we planted some small plants and planted some seeds.  The plants didn’t survive into the next year, but the ones started by seeds did.  Last year we had no flowers, but this year we did & here is the first one to bloom.

Had much better luck today at the “roadside stands”.  Probably gathered about a pound on the way to & from the Heath Farm Market in Wautoma.

The first vegatable of spring for me is either fiddle heads or asparagus.  Since I never had both growing in the same yard at the same time, I don’t know which one pops up first.  At the northern house I just planted 16 asparagus crowns to suppliment the wild ones growing in the field.  None of the 6-8 plants in the field have popped up yet & we’ve only picked up four at the “roadside stands”.