Birdfeeding

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Today is mostly sunny and warm.

I fed the birds.  I've seen a flock of house finches and two female cardinals. 

I put out water for the birds and watered a few plants.  The honeybees are hugging the birdbath today.

EDIT 7/25/24 -- I watered the patio plants, picnic table, and septic garden.  I picked 4 yellow and 1 red cherry tomato.

EDIT 7/25/24 -- I watered the notch in the prairie garden and the monarch strip.

EDIT 7/25/24 -- I watered the tower strip and the bluestem strip in the prairie garden.

EDIT 7/25/24 -- I watered the telephone pole garden and grass patch.

I also did a bit of work around the patio.

As it is now dark, I am done for the night.

Breck's Order

[ysabetwordsmith]

Today we ordered bulbs from Breck's for fall planting. I used my list from Planting Ahead to shop, which was very helpful. I also compared it with what I bought last fall, ordering mostly different things except for few favorite bargains.

If you like to order your fall bulbs from catalogs, now's the time, because they typically ship September-October depending on your zone.  The current Breck's sale says it ends July 26.

If you prefer shopping in person, bulbs often start hitting the garden and farm stores some time in August or September.  I usually like to start planting them in September once it rains after the late summer dry spell.  So if the catalogs ship early-ish then I have those to plant, and if not, I can check stores to pick up extras.  I also like to hit the late-season sales if it's not snowing, because it's often possible to pick up lots of good stuff cheap, if you don't mind the random factor of "whatever's left."

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