Lawns continue to be lush green from the above normal rainfall. 19 - Black field crickets begin chirping. New candles on Scotch, red and white pines. Red pines shedding pollen. Morel mushrooms, our Minnesota state mushroom, continue to be collected in numbers by southern Minnesota mushroom fanciers.
Black flies bothersome in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area.
20 - Fernleaf peony at bloom peak. End of bloom for common purple lilac. Red-eyed vireo first heard singing. Surface temperature of Lake Minnetonka is 61 degrees F. 21 - The harvest of alfalfa hay is starting in Carver County. At the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, the Northern Lights series of azaleas are at bloom peak.