reserved in the sideyard

I cleared the shaded slope (full of tree roots so hate mowing there) several days ago on my hands and knees, by hand. Pulling weeds, cutting grass clumps with scissors. Eyeing the nandina and wondering if I want to dig them out and give them away. I left these plants in place: clover. My husband doesn't like the look of it in the front yard, I let it grow everywhere else.

Mock strawberry-

Broadleaf plantain-

Purple dead nettle. I'm eating this one regularly now- every time out in the yard, pull one up and rinse it, set in a windowsill jar to keep fresh until I'm making something I can toss it into. Quesadilla. Cheese bagel. Soup. Stir-fry. Salad (although it's a bit of sharp taste- my husband likes it raw, I prefer it cooked some).

I think this is violets-

Maybe I will regret leaving this one alone, but I've always liked ivy, and the few I've tried to keep as houseplants died. So when I found this bit growing by the wall around corner of the front bed, I left it. It's a bit bigger this year.

The blue-green weed I still have not identified. There are more, and larger clumps of it, this year-

I pull the dandelion flowers, and now the seedheads, to keep them from growing too abundant in my yard. But in the back, mulched areas I let the foliage on them grow- so maybe next year I'll find time to dig their roots out for more dandy "coffee". Flower pouf dampened by rain-