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Birdfeeding
Aug. 28th, 2023 04:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ysabetwordsmithToday is sunny and mild. :D
I fed the birds. I've seen a few house finches.
I started gathering seeds. The first batch has short marigolds of yellow to orange. I decided to save these separately from the tall orange to red landrace that I've got going.
EDIT 8/28/23 -- I gathered a large handful of seeds from the tall orange to red marigolds. These have been landracing for a few years now. Most are semi-double to double, some single. There are some dark reds and a lot of medium orange, but a few -- especially the singles -- are streaky things with orange petals striped in red. They're so assertive, they sprout in the grass around the barrel garden. They sprout early in spring, take a while to get big enough to bloom, but when they do, they keep going right to a fairly hard frost. By fall, they're swarming with pollinators because not much else is left. These marigolds are built like a brick shithouse. I probably should not call them Shithouse Marigolds, but my inner 13-year-old boy finds it amusing.
EDIT 8/28/23 -- I gathered seeds from the purple morning glory in the barrel garden. This one's been going for many years. I should probably throw in some fresh seeds one of these years.
EDIT 8/28/23 -- I filled a trolley with sticks and dumped it in the firepit.
I fed the birds. I've seen a few house finches.
I started gathering seeds. The first batch has short marigolds of yellow to orange. I decided to save these separately from the tall orange to red landrace that I've got going.
EDIT 8/28/23 -- I gathered a large handful of seeds from the tall orange to red marigolds. These have been landracing for a few years now. Most are semi-double to double, some single. There are some dark reds and a lot of medium orange, but a few -- especially the singles -- are streaky things with orange petals striped in red. They're so assertive, they sprout in the grass around the barrel garden. They sprout early in spring, take a while to get big enough to bloom, but when they do, they keep going right to a fairly hard frost. By fall, they're swarming with pollinators because not much else is left. These marigolds are built like a brick shithouse. I probably should not call them Shithouse Marigolds, but my inner 13-year-old boy finds it amusing.
EDIT 8/28/23 -- I gathered seeds from the purple morning glory in the barrel garden. This one's been going for many years. I should probably throw in some fresh seeds one of these years.
EDIT 8/28/23 -- I filled a trolley with sticks and dumped it in the firepit.
