Birdfeeding
Sep. 27th, 2023 04:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ysabetwordsmithToday is partly cloudy and mild. It rained off and on last night.
I fed the birds. I've seen a few house finches.
EDIT 9/27/23 -- I scooped up fallen plants into their pots.
I planted blackberry lily seeds around the walnut tree near the house.
Pineapple sage is blooming in the barrel garden. When I first planted it, there were a few red flowers, but all summer it produced only foliage. Now there are multiple spikes of scarlet flowers. They taste very faintly of pineapple.
EDIT 9/27/23 -- I gathered and planted seeds in the wildflower garden.
EDIT 9/27/23 -- I gathered and planted seeds in the savanna.
I think I figured out what the super-popular mystery plant is: narrow-leaf mountain mint. This thing is always crawling with pollinators in summer, but because I've planted so-so many wildflowers there, I didn't know what it was. While harvesting its seeds to distribute, I noticed that it smelled like mint, so I checked the stems, and they are square. That makes it some sort of mint plant. I remembered seeing references to mountain mints, so I looked that up, and found a match. :D This means I can shop for more of the stuff. I try to let my insect friends vote with their wings about what they want to see more of in our yard.
I fed the birds. I've seen a few house finches.
EDIT 9/27/23 -- I scooped up fallen plants into their pots.
I planted blackberry lily seeds around the walnut tree near the house.
Pineapple sage is blooming in the barrel garden. When I first planted it, there were a few red flowers, but all summer it produced only foliage. Now there are multiple spikes of scarlet flowers. They taste very faintly of pineapple.
EDIT 9/27/23 -- I gathered and planted seeds in the wildflower garden.
EDIT 9/27/23 -- I gathered and planted seeds in the savanna.
I think I figured out what the super-popular mystery plant is: narrow-leaf mountain mint. This thing is always crawling with pollinators in summer, but because I've planted so-so many wildflowers there, I didn't know what it was. While harvesting its seeds to distribute, I noticed that it smelled like mint, so I checked the stems, and they are square. That makes it some sort of mint plant. I remembered seeing references to mountain mints, so I looked that up, and found a match. :D This means I can shop for more of the stuff. I try to let my insect friends vote with their wings about what they want to see more of in our yard.
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Date: 2023-09-28 03:19 am (UTC)Well ...
Date: 2023-09-28 03:33 am (UTC)However, now that I know this thing is a mint, I know that I can probably dig into it and separate the clump into two or more pieces.
Neato!
Date: 2023-09-28 11:41 am (UTC)EAD: Ooops, I meant bedstraw.