Wow! Beautiful! It would take me ten years to pick that many violets! They just don’t like eastern NC.
The Wood Violet is our Wisconsin State Flower. We are blessed to have them all over the place in Spring.
They’re nice to “candy” too. You take egg white, brush it on the (picked) flowers, then dip them in superfine sugar. They’re edible, and look so cute on top of a pastel cupcake as a Spring treat.
I eat a lot of things right off my lawn; dandelion greens wilted in olive oil and garlic (& dandelion wine) purslane, violets, etc. Obviously I don’t treat my lawn with any chemicals, but then I don’t have any neighbors to compete with for “Most Sterile Lawn.” *Rolleyes*