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birdfeeding2023-05-14 02:48 pm
ysabetwordsmith) wrote in birdfeeding2023-05-14 02:48 pm
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Birdfeeding
Today is cloudy, muggy, and warm. It rained vigorously yesterday. :D More is predicted for tonight.
I haven't fed the birds yet, but I've seen a mourning dove and a male cardinal.
I planted 4 blue lobelia at the front of the rain garden, which completes that project.
EDIT 5/14/23 -- I've seen a brown thrasher, a blue jay, and a female cardinal.
I planted a pot of dill in the wildflower garden. This isn't the usual arrangement of one dill plant in a pot, there are a dozen or more: a perfect arrangement for caterpillar dill, which is why I bought this one. I also planted moonflower seeds around the support wire for the telephone pole.
EDIT 5/14/23 -- I potted up one Red Rosie Basil (which is actually dark purple) and some basil grex seeds.
EDIT 5/14/23 -- I potted up a pink, a yellow, and a white portulaca.
I've seen several male house finches fighting over the hopper feeder.
EDIT 5/14/23 -- I potted up a flat parsley, a curled parsley, a cilantro, and planted some cilantro seeds in the mauve trough.
Why I am a packrat:
I need something to keep critters off the bok choy seedlings. *look around* *spot old license plate frames* These will do nicely. Now I need something to run through the holes and pin them in place.
Why I love permaculture:
*look around* *spot volunteer bushes* *ruthlessly rip off several stems to make pins* That will do nicely. \o/
Anyone who says permaculture is "all about fruit" doesn't know what they're doing. Sure I love fruit. But I also love being able to forage my yard for supplies without having to buy things. I do this all the time.
I'm hearing rumbles of thunder and the sky is already twilight-dark, so I may get rained out again, but that's fine.
EDIT 5/14/23 -- I potted up a purple face pansy, a lavender pansy, and two blue lobelia.
It's starting to drizzle again.
EDIT 5/14/23 -- When I went out after supper, it wasn't raining.
I scattered more landrace marigold seeds in the prairie garden.
I potted up a purple-and-white superbells, a solid purple petunia, and a white wave petunia. Then I potted up a purple face pansy, a dark purple pansy, and a white alyssum.
It's starting to drizzle, again, and also almost dark from the cloud cover. So I am done for the night.
I haven't fed the birds yet, but I've seen a mourning dove and a male cardinal.
I planted 4 blue lobelia at the front of the rain garden, which completes that project.
EDIT 5/14/23 -- I've seen a brown thrasher, a blue jay, and a female cardinal.
I planted a pot of dill in the wildflower garden. This isn't the usual arrangement of one dill plant in a pot, there are a dozen or more: a perfect arrangement for caterpillar dill, which is why I bought this one. I also planted moonflower seeds around the support wire for the telephone pole.
EDIT 5/14/23 -- I potted up one Red Rosie Basil (which is actually dark purple) and some basil grex seeds.
EDIT 5/14/23 -- I potted up a pink, a yellow, and a white portulaca.
I've seen several male house finches fighting over the hopper feeder.
EDIT 5/14/23 -- I potted up a flat parsley, a curled parsley, a cilantro, and planted some cilantro seeds in the mauve trough.
Why I am a packrat:
I need something to keep critters off the bok choy seedlings. *look around* *spot old license plate frames* These will do nicely. Now I need something to run through the holes and pin them in place.
Why I love permaculture:
*look around* *spot volunteer bushes* *ruthlessly rip off several stems to make pins* That will do nicely. \o/
Anyone who says permaculture is "all about fruit" doesn't know what they're doing. Sure I love fruit. But I also love being able to forage my yard for supplies without having to buy things. I do this all the time.
I'm hearing rumbles of thunder and the sky is already twilight-dark, so I may get rained out again, but that's fine.
EDIT 5/14/23 -- I potted up a purple face pansy, a lavender pansy, and two blue lobelia.
It's starting to drizzle again.
EDIT 5/14/23 -- When I went out after supper, it wasn't raining.
I scattered more landrace marigold seeds in the prairie garden.
I potted up a purple-and-white superbells, a solid purple petunia, and a white wave petunia. Then I potted up a purple face pansy, a dark purple pansy, and a white alyssum.
It's starting to drizzle, again, and also almost dark from the cloud cover. So I am done for the night.