Birdfeeding

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Today is cloudy, mild, and damp.  It's not currently raining.

I fed the birds.  I've seen a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches, at least 6 blue jays, 2 brown thrashers, a starling, a mourning dove, and a red-headed woodpecker. 

EDIT 5/5/25 -- I moved the flats of plants outside and watered them.

I potted up a 'Black Krim' tomato with 4 marigolds (2 solid yellow, 2 red with yellow centers) on the new picnic table.  Today's plan is to build the garden, if it doesn't rain.  By "build" I mean filling the big pots I bought previously, and by "garden" I mean the vegetables for the new picnic table.

I hung a corncob since the jays and woodpeckers have finished the previous one.

I've seen 2 red-headed woodpeckers together.  :D

EDIT 5/5/25 -- I potted up a 'Cherokee Purple' tomato with 4 marigolds (2 solid yellow, 2 red with yellow centers) on the new picnic table.  

EDIT 5/5/25 -- I potted up a chocolate cherry tomato with 4 marigolds (2 solid orange, 2 red with yellow centers) on the new picnic table.  This is the last of the 4 biggest pots from Family Dollar.

EDIT 5/5/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.  

I've seen a male cardinal.

EDIT 5/5/25 -- I potted up a tomatillo with 4 marigolds (2 solid orange, 2 red with yellow centers) on the new picnic table.  This is the first of the 6 large pots from Big Lots.  I also planted 2 chocolate cherry tomatoes in a big square pot on the old picnic table that has some marigolds volunteering in it already.

EDIT 5/5/25 -- I potted up 2 burpless cucumbers and 4 assorted marigolds in a large pot on the new picnic table.  I planted the other two cucumbers in a big square pot on the old picnic table with 4 food forest marigolds.

EDIT 5/5/25 -- I trimmed grass and pulled weeds around the support wire for the telephone pole, where I'll be sowing cypress vine later.

I've seen 2 blue jays, a male cardinal, and a male goldfinch.  It's good luck to see blue, red, and yellow all visiting the feeders at the same time.  :D

EDIT 5/5/25 -- I sowed cypress vine seeds around the support wire.

I potted up 2 'Cherokee Purple' tomatoes in a big square pot on the old picnic table with 4 Shithouse Marigolds.

Poppies are almost ready to bloom.  Irises have buds, including at least one that I planted in fall.  Hollies and blue spruce have new growth.

EDIT 5/5/25 -- I potted up the last 'Cherokee Purple' tomato with Shithouse Marigolds, and the last chocolate cherry tomato with food forest marigolds, in large pots on the new picnic table.  This concludes the current batch of potted vegetables, although I'm still questing for some things.  While the seedling marigolds weren't big enough for my early planting, they did save me some money on this round. \o/  A thing to do more of next year.

As it is getting dark, I am done for the night.  *goflopnow*