The Blue Alder

About The Blue Alder

February in the Cedar River bottoms turns the alders a smoky blue-gray, bare and lichen-flecked, while the lawns on the ground above lie still. The Blue Alder puts that slow month to use: beds cleaned out, borders re-cut, winter litter pulled off the turf so the grass has light waiting for it. When growth finally comes back, mowing and trimming settle into a weekly cadence that runs until the leaves are down again. Work done in the quiet part of the year is what a yard stands on come May. Maple Valley and the towns bordering it.