Birdfeeding

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Today is partly cloudy and mild.  It rained off and on last night.

I fed the birds.  I've seen a few house finches.

EDIT 9/27/23 -- I scooped up fallen plants into their pots.

I planted blackberry lily seeds around the walnut tree near the house.

Pineapple sage is blooming in the barrel garden.  When I first planted it, there were a few red flowers, but all summer it produced only foliage.  Now there are multiple spikes of scarlet flowers.  They taste very faintly of pineapple.
 
EDIT 9/27/23 -- I gathered and planted seeds in the wildflower garden.

EDIT 9/27/23 -- I gathered and planted seeds in the savanna.

I think I figured out what the super-popular mystery plant is: narrow-leaf mountain mint.  This thing is always crawling with pollinators in summer, but because I've planted so-so many wildflowers there, I didn't know what it was.  While harvesting its seeds to distribute, I noticed that it smelled like mint, so I checked the stems, and they are square.  That makes it some sort of mint plant.  I remembered seeing references to mountain mints, so I looked that up, and found a match.  :D  This means I can shop for more of the stuff.  I try to let my insect friends vote with their wings about what they want to see more of in our yard.