I haven’t been out to see my violets lately. That’s because I found out the hard way that there are chiggers in the lawn. And before you say, “Ew! You’ve got bugs in your skin!,” let’s talk about what a chigger is. It’s a tiny little mite (a mighty mite!). It’s so small that you can’t see it. It eats some of your skin and then drops off. It doesn’t stay on you. It doesn’t burrow in. It doesn’t suck your blood. It doesn’t lay any eggs on you. It just goes away and doesn’t bother you again.
Sadly, though, the bites may well bother you for a couple of weeks. I know mine did. They were as itchy as mosquito bites and twice as ugly. Needless to say, I don’t want any more of them, and so I probably won’t walk around the yard again until my husband mows the grass.
But I miss my violets. 🙁