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Today is sunny and warm.

I fed the birds. I haven't seen much activity yet.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 4/24/25 -- I took a few pictures around the yard.

I picked up sticks from the ritual meadow so it can be mowed.

EDIT 4/24/25 -- I moved most of the plants in flats outside for sun and water.

EDIT 4/24/25 -- I planted 2 'Success' juneberries in the west hedge of the savanna. I still need to label, cover, and mulch them.

It's so hot out that it's hard for me to work. It's 83F at present. O_O And the last frost date is weeks away. Fuck this.

EDIT 4/24/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

I've seen several sparrows and house finches. I heard a blue jay but didn't see it.

EDIT 4/24/25 -- I spread topsoil around the serviceberries, covered them with jugs, labeled them, and mulched them.

I've seen a blue jay in the forest garden. I heard a woodpecker but didn't see it.

EDIT 4/24/25 -- I saw a wren in the forest garden.

EDIT 4/24/25 -- I planted 2 select pawpaw seedlings at the south edge of the savanna.

EDIT 4/24/25 -- I spread topsoil around the pawpaws, covered them with jugs, labeled them, and mulched them.

I've seen several mourning doves.

EDIT 4/24/25 -- I watered the newly planted things.

I saw a lady cardinal at the hopper feeder. A monarch butterfly visited the tulips around the barrel garden. Bumblebees and honeybees have been busy all day.

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

Current Mood: busy

A very loud Carolina Wren woke me up this morning.

We're in a nice stretch of weather this, sunny and 60's and 70's all week but rain forecast for Saturday :(

ysabetwordsmith

Today is sunny and warm, a beautiful spring day. I shall be gardening! :D

I fed the birds. I've seen a few mourning doves.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 4/23/25 -- I cleaned off the barrel garden.

EDIT 4/23/25 -- I planted the barrel garden with flowers including orange lantana, firecracker plant, red salvia, a red and an orange million bells.

EDIT 4/23/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 4/23/25 -- I planted a solid purple petunia, a purple striped petunia, a purple oxalis, and a couple of sweet alyssums in a burgundy pot on the patio. They're so dark purple they're almost black. :D

EDIT 4/23/25 -- I planted a shasta daisy in the white garden. I planted 2 different blue salvias and a white beardtongue in the wildflower garden. This concludes the 8-pot flat. \o/

EDIT 4/23/25 -- I planted a white columbine in the rain garden and a red columbine in the forest garden. I also pulled out some honeysuckle weeds.

EDIT 4/23/25 -- I potted up 3 ice plants (hot pink, reddish-orange, and yellow) to put on the new picnic table.

EDIT 4/23/25 -- I watered the newly planted things.

My order from Edible Landscaping arrived, mostly intact. One pawpaw seedling got stuck to the tape and lost all its leaves.

I am done for the night.

Current Mood: excited

ysabetwordsmith

Today is mostly sunny and warm with a light breeze, a beautiful spring day. :D

I fed the birds. I've seen several sparrows and house finches, two brown-headed cowbirds, a mourning dove, and two fox squirrels.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 4/22/25 -- We went out shopping. I picked out roughly 5 flats of plants at DeBuhr's. We found a garden hose, nozzle, and reel plus a gas can at Home Depot. Also at Home Depot I spotted a modular garage storage system that looks very promising. It has mounting rails for shelves and a wide variety of hooks. That ought to combine well with a pegboard.

EDIT 4/22/25 -- I planted a 'Sugar Snack' cherry tomato and a 'Yellow Pear' tomato in the large pots by the septic garden, each with 4 marigolds around it.

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

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Current Mood: busy

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Happy Earth Day!

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25 Ways to Celebrate Earth Day

40 Fun Ways to Celebrate Earth Day Throughout Earth Month

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Today is cloudy, breezy, and cool. It rained for hours last night.

I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows and house finches, plus a brown-headed cowbird.

I put out water for the birds.

The single yellow violet (which might be a hairy yellow violet) that I planted in the forest garden has seeded a whole new plant! :D 3q3q3q!!!! I am so excited.

We measured from the spigot to the old picnic table and the new picnic table. We'll need to acquire a 75-foot hose.

EDIT 4/21/25 -- The plumbers have come and gone. We have a working outside spigot! \o/ It has low water pressure for reasons that are not feasible to fix, but at least water comes out of it.

We dug up the old hoses. The yellow ones were in pieces so we threw those away. The green is still attached to a different spigot that it won't come off. But at least the yellows are gone. Progress.

I started working on a new cookie jar terrarium for the potted fern, but other things intervened so I haven't gotten very far yet.

I've seen the tufted titmouse! :D I haven't seen him in weeks, so I'm glad he's still around.

EDIT 4/21/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 4/21/25 -- I picked up more sticks for the firepit.

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

Current Mood: busy

ysabetwordsmith

Today is mostly sunny, humid, and warm. It rained off and on yesterday and last night.

I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows and house finches, plus a fox squirrel.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 4/20/25 -- I walked around the yard taking pictures.

EDIT 4/20/25 -- We had a friend over to help with yardening and picked up sticks from the house yard.

I am done for the night.

Current Mood: busy

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Today is cloudy, rainy, and cool. It started raining yesterday evening and is still going.

I fed the birds. Not much activity today.

EDIT 4/19/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

It is not currently raining.

EDIT 4/19/25 -- I took out one of the big self-watering pots from Family Dollar. I filled the bottom half with American Countryside composted manure and the top half with American Countryside potting soil. Then I planted a 'Mr. Stripey' heirloom tomato. I put the pot on the new picnic table.

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Current Mood: busy

ysabetwordsmith

Today is cloudy, windy, and warm.

I fed the birds. I've seen a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches, several grackles, and a robin.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 4/18/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 4/18/25 -- I planted one spearmint in the cistern garden and two bleeding hearts in the log garden.

EDIT 4/18/25 -- I planted a 'Festival Maxima' white peony and 3 lilies of the valley in the white garden.

EDIT 4/18/25 -- I watered the recently planted things.

EDIT 4/18/25 -- I filled a trolley with dead weed stems and dumped it in the firepit. I think that's about it for weed stems in the way of that particular spot. There's still a pile of dead brush that needs picking up though.

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

Current Mood: bouncy

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Today is cloudy, breezy, and chilly. Rain is forecasted but not yet falling.

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

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 4/17/25 -- I planted 2 Queen of the Prairie in the prairie garden.

I saw a brown thrasher.

EDIT 4/17/25 -- I mulched around the Queen of the Prairie.

EDIT 4/17/25 -- I planted 3 red plum seeds in pots.

EDIT 4/17/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 4/17/25 -- I spread a bag of Better Earth Premium Organic Compost over the telephone pole garden.

I've seen Nipple Squirrel at the hopper feeder.

EDIT 4/17/25 -- I covered the telephone pole garden with a plastic mesh fence.

I planted a cinnamon fern in the forest garden.

EDIT 4/17/25 -- I watered the newly planted things.

EDIT 4/17/25 -- I watered plants on the two picnic tables, plus the pansies on the patio and some other stuff.

EDIT 4/17/25 -- I filled two trolleys with dead weeds from the south side of the house, and dumped them in the firepit.

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

Current Mood: busy

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One of the rarest parrot species in Brazil doubles in population: 'An unlikely comeback'

Habitat loss and the illegal pet trade drove the red-tailed amazon (Amazona brasiliensis), endemic to the southeastern Brazilian coast, to fewer than 5,000 individuals by the end of the 20th Century
Thanks to a project to install artificial nests on an island on the Paraná coast, the number of parrots almost doubled in 20 years, taking the bird from “endangered” to “near threatened” status, the only case of its kind in Brazil.

It's good to see this kind of success story. \o/

Current Mood: excited

ysabetwordsmith

Today is mostly sunny and mild.

I fed the birds. I've seen a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches, a grackle, and a blue jay. The blue jay sounds odd, more like "cheerup" than "thief" but I saw it fly and there's no mistaking that color.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 4/16/25 -- We cut brush along the path toward the east edge of the yard.

EDIT 4/16/25 -- I planted a Pagoda Dogwood in the forest yard, covered it, and spread topsoil around it.

EDIT 4/16/25 -- I put mulch around the Pagoda Dogwood.

I've heard more blue jays and think there are several around currently.

Crabapples are blooming in the forest yard.

EDIT 4/16/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

I've seen a blue jay, a brown thrasher, and a robin in the forest garden.

In other news, we're getting the outdoor spigot replaces, so we'll have an outdoor water source again. :D 3q3q3q!!! I'll need to research what kind of hose I want to get.

EDIT 4/16/25 -- I planted the American plum along the north edge of the prairie garden.

EDIT 4/16/25 -- I put mulch around the American plum.

EDIT 4/16/25 -- I planted a downy serviceberry along the north edge of the savanna. I spread topsoil around it, covered it, labeled it, and mulched it.

I watered the newly planted things.

I've seen a fox squirrel at the hopper feeder.

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

Current Mood: busy

Finally some better weather today, at least no rain. Tuesday we started cool and wet, then by mid afternoon sun and mild temps. By later afternoon a cold front brought wind and heavy rain squalls followed by gorgeous rainbows close to sunset.

Anyway the birds were active today - Blue Jay, Tufted Titmouse, White breasted Nuthatch, Northern Cardinal, Mourning Dove, House Sparrow.

The femaie Mute Swan is sitting on her eggs on the back edge of the pond near my driveway.

Afternoon update - saw White breasted Nuthatch on a tree at work, in a busy area.

ysabetwordsmith

Today is partly cloudy, chilly, and blustery.

I fed the birds. I've seen a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches, a grackle, and a brown-headed cowbird.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 4/15/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

The first wild strawberry is blooming in the trough pot. :D

EDIT 4/15/25 -- I planted 2 pots with red plum seeds and 8 pots with sycamore seed balls.

I've seen a flock of grackles and a flock of mourning doves.

EDIT 4/15/25 -- I finished transplanting bergamot from the telephone pole garden to the streetside edge of the savanna hedge.

EDIT 4/15/25 -- I planted 25 gladioli bulbs in the telephone pole garden. This concludes the order from K. van Bourgondien. Yay. Yay.

EDIT 4/15/25 -- I built the core for the next bonfire.

I saw the chevron skunk again. He was ambling along the west edge of the ritual meadow, ignoring me and going about his business. It's nice be able to recognize him as an individual.

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

Current Mood: busy

ysabetwordsmith

Today is cloudy and mild with variable wind.

I fed the birds. I've seen a flock of sparrows and house finches, several brown-headed cowbirds, a grackle, a brown thrasher, a male cardinal, a robin, and a wren.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 4/14/25 -- I got the 5 'Caroline' raspberry plants into the ground, along the south edge of the ritual meadow. I still have a lot to finish that project, though.

EDIT 4/14/25 -- I spread topsoil around the new raspberries, covered them with jugs, and labeled them.

Columbine has flower buds in the rain garden. :D

EDIT 4/14/25 -- I spread mulch around the new raspberries. This concludes the Burpee's order.

EDIT 4/14/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 4/14/25 -- I planted 3 red plum seeds in pots on the old picnic table.

Farmers are plowing their fields. Immediately west of us, someone is trying to burn off the mats of dead stems that float to the edges of the floodles, which is filling the yard with thick clouds of choking smoke. >_< Now is not a good time for that because it is still quite damp, hence the copious smoke. There's a reason I refer to our neighbor as Bubba Fail the Farmer.

EDIT 4/14/25 -- I planted 25 crocosmia around the barrel garden.

The smoke has largely cleared away.

EDIT 4/14/25 -- I transplanted more bergamot from the telephone pole garden to the street side of the savanna hedge.

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

Current Mood: busy

ysabetwordsmith

Today is cloudy, windy, and cool.

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

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 4/13/25 -- It's too windy to plant above-ground things, but I can plant underground things. I planted 3 black hollyhock roots in the telephone pole garden. Then I watered them and some other plants.

I've seen a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches, several brown-headed cowbirds, and a female fox squirrel with nipples showing.

I also saw a red admiral butterfly. :D

EDIT 4/13/25 -- I planted 6 mixed hosta roots, 2 in the forest garden and 4 in the log garden. Then I watered them and some other plants.

More hostas are sprouting in the forest garden. \o/

EDIT 4/13/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

One potted ramp and one potted horseradish are sprouting. :D

I've seen a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches, several grackles, and two mourning doves.

EDIT 4/13/25 -- I started clearing off the telephone pole garden, where I'll be planting some bulbs later on.

EDIT 4/13/25 -- I did more clearing off the telephone pole garden,

EDIT 4/13/25 -- I did more clearing off the telephone pole garden. It's pretty well cleared now, except for copious amounts of bergamot that I need to move elsewhere so it won't take over the whole bed.

EDIT 4/13/25 -- I started transplanting bergamot from the telephone pole garden. I'm moving it to the streetside edge of the hedge along the west end of the savanna.

EDIT 4/13/25 -- I transplanted more bergamot.

EDIT 4/13/25 -- I transplanted more bergamot.

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

Current Mood: busy

ysabetwordsmith

Today is sunny and mild, a beautiful spring day. :D

I fed the birds. I've seen a flock of grackles and several house finches.

I put out water for the birds.

I moved the seedlings back outside.

Lots of bees are out, mostly in the dandelions.

EDIT 4/12/25 -- I planted the first 8 Asian lilies around the telephone pole. There are two more bags of 8 left to go.

EDIT 4/12/25 -- I planted the second 8 Asian lilies around the telephone pole. That leaves one bag of 8 to go.

EDIT 4/12/25 -- I planted the third 8 Asian lilies around the telephone pole. That batch is done. \o/ I still need to mulch that whole flowerbed.

EDIT 4/12/25 -- I spread a whole bag of mulch over the lilies around the telephone pole, trying to leave the taller-sprouted ones more exposed. So that whole project is done. Yay. Yay.

EDIT 4/12/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

I watered the lily bed.

EDIT 4/12/25 -- I planted 10 naked ladies around the apricot tree.

EDIT 4/12/25 -- I planted 2 red plum seeds in pots on the old picnic table.

EDIT 4/12/25 -- We picked up sticks in the ritual meadow in preparation for esbat tonight.

EDIT 4/12/25 -- I planted a mayapple in the forest garden, then watered it and the naked ladies.

I am done for the night.

EDIT 4/12/25 -- While out driving, I saw two skunks in different places.

Current Mood: busy

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Today is mostly sunny and cool, a beautiful spring day. Yesterday it drizzled on and off in the afternoon, then rained thoroughly last night. There's a freeze warning for tonight, though, so I'll need to bring in the seedlings.

I fed the birds. I've seen a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches, a flock of assorted blackbirds, a male cardinal, and a fox squirrel.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 4/11/25 -- We spent much of the day out shopping and erranding.

I did a bit of work around the patio.

My Breck's order arrived. I have soooo much backlog from getting rained out repeatedly.

EDIT 4/11/25 -- I brought in the seedlings and the pansies.

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

Current Mood: busy

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These pictures mostly show the south lot. See the House Yard, South Lot, Savanna and Prairie Garden, and Back Toward the House.

( Walk with me ... )

Current Mood: accomplished

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I took some pictures around the yard today. These show the house yard. See the House Yard, South Lot, Savanna and Prairie Garden, and Back Toward the House.

( Walk with me ... )

Current Mood: accomplished

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