Birdfeeding: Friends of a Feather Flock Together

We visited the butterfly gardens at the Charleston Library, on June 19 although this is dated 20 because it's after midnight.  They were filled with birds, although I didn't manage to catch any pictures of them.

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Today I planted most of my new rocks! \o/ I'm waiting to sink the pink mica rock until I get a second one to point the other direction along the road, to catch headlights from both ways.

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Here is my order for Prairie Moon. This is the second of three paper catalogs.

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These pictures show the prairie garden.

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These pictures show the south lot.

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We turned back the way we came.

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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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