Birdfeeding: Friends of a Feather Flock Together

May is Gardening for Wildlife Month. Here are some ideas for celebrating it...

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Today is sunny and cool.

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

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 4/30/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 4/30/26 -- My live plants arrived from Select Seeds. :D I've put them outdoors with the others to get some sun.

EDIT 4/30/26 -- I planted yesterday-today-and-tomorrow petunia in the barrel garden. It blooms almost white, turns pink, then nearly purple. I planted prairie coreopsis and pink turtlehead in the wildflower garden.

The first poppy is blooming beside the driveway. :D A pink columbine is blooming in the tulip bed.

EDIT 4/30/26 -- I planted a white echinacea in the white garden.

EDIT 4/30/26 -- I planted two different kinds of wild mint in the wildflower garden.

EDIT 4/30/26 -- I planted a red-leaved penstemon and a coneflower in the wildflower garden.

I am done for the night.

Today is sunny and mild, a beautiful spring day. It rained again last night.

I fed the birds. I heard a bluejay screaming but didn't see it.

Today is cloudy, cool, and wet.  It's been storming all morning.  We sure need the rain.

I fed the birds.

EDIT 4/27/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

I am done for the night.

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Today is cloudy and warm.

I fed the birds.  I've seen several sparrows and house finches, a catbird, and a blackbird.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 5/14/25 -- I put out the flats of pots and watered them.

EDIT 5/14/25 -- I planted the 'Poquito' orange anise hyssop at the base of the barrel garden.  I figure the hummingbirds will like it, since I couldn't find a jumbo salvia this year.

EDIT 5/14/25 -- I planted the iris 'Aureovariegata yellow' at the base of the barrel garden.  Its leaves are creamy green with wide yellow streaks.  :D

EDIT 5/14/25 -- I moved the 4 big smooth pots from the top of the new picnic table to the ground along the south bench.  This makes room for the remaining 3 fluted pots to be added later, and gives me 3 tiers of planting space on the side.

EDIT 5/14/25 -- I filled a big fluted pot with half compost and half potting soil.  I planted a 'Chocolate Sprinkles' tomato in it.  These were a big favorite last year, so I bought 2 of them.  Regrettably I'm out of marigolds.  I may just use seeds in that one.  I put the pot on top of the new picnic table.

EDIT 5/14/25 -- I potted up the second 'Chocolate Sprinkles' tomato the same way.

I've seen a male cardinal.

EDIT 5/14/25 -- I potted up a 'Carmen' Italian sweet pepper in the last of the big fluted pots and put it on the picnic table.

I've seen a brown-headed cowbird.

EDIT 5/14/25 -- I took several 'Ambrosia' melon plants that came in the same small pot, and put them in a much bigger pot which I moved to the new picnic table.  The fruit looks like a cantaloupe but is actually an exotic melon.

EDIT 5/14/25 -- I took some pictures around the yard.

EDIT 5/14/25 -- I sowed seeds for goldenberry and 'Aunt Molly's' ground cherry in large pots on the patio.

EDIT 5/14/25 -- I planted coreopsis 'Permathread Red Satin' and yarrow 'Firefly Red Pop' below the barrel garden.

EDIT 5/14/25 -- I planted a 'Husker Red' penstemon in the wildflower garden.  A spike of white flowers is blooming there, something I don't recognize, but very pretty.

The first purple-and-ivory iris is blooming in the wagonwheel garden.  The first two dark purple irises are blooming in the tulip bed.

I've seen two brown thrashers, a lady cardinal, the black-sided skunk, and a fox squirrel.

EDIT 5/14/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

I watered the newly planted things.

I brought in the flats of pots, now down to 3 partial flats.

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

These pictures are mostly from the prairie garden.

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May is Garden for Wildlife Month. Here are some ways to celebrate it.

If you can do only one thing, plant an oak tree! They support over 2000 species of birds, insects, and other wildlife. There is some oak species suitable for most locales.

Let's go get our hands dirty!

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