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The violets have been out for a few days.  Last night I made a couple of little salads for Monica and I with violet flowers, dandelion, wild sorrel, and some young dock leaves.  It satisfied a craving for green.  

Though some non-native plants have come into flower (forsythia, daffodils, a couple of dandelions, and chickweed) the only native bloom other than violets I've seen is one of the bleeding hearts under the black maple which is just in process of opening a bud.

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