after a week of 60 degree weather, the snow in our yard finally melted

when you plant prairie grass, you spread the seeds on the dirt late in the fall, ideally just before a snowfall. they will sit under the snow, and be driven into the dirt by snowmelt. we planted our seeds on the night of december 10th, right before a snow storm. and then we didn't see the ground again until today, march 8th. (88 days!!!! we got so much snow this year!!!) (for some reason the snow over our prairie area melted last... the only difference i can really tell is that the snow was over dirt, instead of grass... does that make snow melt slower? the area gets more sunlight than parts of the yard that melted first. seems strange)

the snowmelt seems to have successfully driven the seeds under the surface, i examined the dirt and can't see any seeds at all. i don't think they all got eaten by creatures. we'll see what sprouts.