Birdfeeding

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Today is cloudy and mild.

I haven't fed the birds yet, but this morning I saw at least four blue jays in the forest garden, maybe more the way they were moving around. I also saw a pair of brown-headed cowbirds, a mourning dove, and a brown thrasher.

EDIT 4/27/23 -- My partner Doug picked up 2 bags of American Countryside Compost and Manure and 2 bags of Evergreen Potting Soil. That's my favorite brand of compost. I really like the texture -- light and fluffy when it comes out, but once it soaks into the ground, it leaves a little top layer of wood chips.

I dumped one bag of compost on bare patch and sowed it with Bee Lawn Mix.

EDIT 4/27/23 -- I fed the birds. I've seen lots more blue jays mobbing the feeders, and a pair of cardinals.

We cleared branches from the ritual meadow so it can be mowed. We walked around the prairie garden and front strip deciding what could be mowed.

I started digging weeds and grass out of the septic garden. Hopefully I'll get enough done so I can plant that today. We're supposed to get a good soaking rain tonight.

I've seen a pair of cardinals.

EDIT 4/27/23 -- I did more digging in the septic garden. I pulled out a lot of wild violets and stuffed their rootballs into holes in the yard. Hopefully some of them will survive there.

EDIT 4/27/23 -- I did more digging in the septic garden.

Also the new parts of the prairie garden have been mowed, so at some point they can be raked and seeded. A lot of other stuff got remowed. Yay!

EDIT 4/27/23 -- I did more digging in the septic garden.

EDIT 4/27/23 -- I planted 25 gladioli bulbs in the septic garden. Then I spread the second bag of compost there. Finally I planted Hopi Landrace sunflowers, Florenza sunflowers, Big Flower Mix zinnias, Monticello Peruviana zinnias, and Summer Pastels yarrow.

The septic garden is in the middle of the south lot, one of my full-sun spots for growing big flowers. I'm tempted by the Towers of Flowers mix and may try that next year.

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