Tight neighbours-tulips and dandelions

Another bonus day for picking around cultivated perennials such as April flowers known as Glory-of-the-snow (Chionodoxa luciliae)

 The early blooming catches the human eye and the interest of the honey bees who buzz around.  Work on the tulips involve removing the dandelions, who tend to live cheek by jowl or more accurately root by bulb with the tulips. I was given a tool well designed for such a job. The working end has 3 claws which dig into the dandelion whorl and grip it by the root for pulling out. Every time I pull a dandelion out I can hear the tulip grunts " Ah aeration".   I pick out a plateful of the young dandelion leaves for lunch.