Birdfeeding
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birdfeedingToday is mostly cloudy and hot. It's 83°F already. :/
We went out to Market on the Prairie at the fairgrounds. This was mostly flea market stuff and a few crafters. I picked up a couple of hand-painted bookmarks and three plant stands. \o/
We also stopped at Whiteside Gardens for the last day of their Spring Spectacular. They had a craft table and a bubble station out. :D I picked up a celandine poppy and Doug got a yellow-green hosta.
The first field is sprouting with corn, which is odd because corn is a warm-season crop that won't sprout well in cold weather. Soybeans are usually sown first. The only thing I can think of is that, if someone's planting by measuring soil temperature, things are really fucked up for the soil to be corn-warm in mid-April.
I fed the birds. I've seen a few house finches.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 4/17/26 -- I planted the new hosta with others in the forest garden.
I also moved a couple of indoor flats outside to get some sun, and uncovered the mixed plants in the water jug greenhouses.
EDIT 4/17/26 -- I planted the celandine poppy in the new shade garden at the east end of the savanna.
I've seen a male cardinal and a fox squirrel with nipples. I heard a bluejay screaming but didn't see it.
EDIT 4/17/26 -- I was going to do more planting, but the wind has picked up so much that I just brought in the flats of seedlings instead. :/
EDIT 4/17/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
EDIT 4/17/26 -- I did more work around the patio.
EDIT 4/17/26 -- We picked up sticks from about the first third of the south lot, starting at the garden shed in the east and working down to the birdgift tree. So that will be ready to mow later.
EDIT 4/17/26 -- I did more work around the patio.
As it is now dark, I am done for the night.
We went out to Market on the Prairie at the fairgrounds. This was mostly flea market stuff and a few crafters. I picked up a couple of hand-painted bookmarks and three plant stands. \o/
We also stopped at Whiteside Gardens for the last day of their Spring Spectacular. They had a craft table and a bubble station out. :D I picked up a celandine poppy and Doug got a yellow-green hosta.
The first field is sprouting with corn, which is odd because corn is a warm-season crop that won't sprout well in cold weather. Soybeans are usually sown first. The only thing I can think of is that, if someone's planting by measuring soil temperature, things are really fucked up for the soil to be corn-warm in mid-April.
I fed the birds. I've seen a few house finches.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 4/17/26 -- I planted the new hosta with others in the forest garden.
I also moved a couple of indoor flats outside to get some sun, and uncovered the mixed plants in the water jug greenhouses.
EDIT 4/17/26 -- I planted the celandine poppy in the new shade garden at the east end of the savanna.
I've seen a male cardinal and a fox squirrel with nipples. I heard a bluejay screaming but didn't see it.
EDIT 4/17/26 -- I was going to do more planting, but the wind has picked up so much that I just brought in the flats of seedlings instead. :/
EDIT 4/17/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
EDIT 4/17/26 -- I did more work around the patio.
EDIT 4/17/26 -- We picked up sticks from about the first third of the south lot, starting at the garden shed in the east and working down to the birdgift tree. So that will be ready to mow later.
EDIT 4/17/26 -- I did more work around the patio.
As it is now dark, I am done for the night.
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