Birdfeeding

[ysabetwordsmith]

Today is mostly sunny and mild.  It rained yesterday.

I fed the birds.  I've seen a flock of house finches, several mourning doves, and two blue jays.

I put out water for the birds.

I moved the flats of plants outside and watered them.

EDIT 4/26/25 -- I planted the mayapple, common boneset, and 'Blue Moon' woodland phlox in the forest garden.

The linden tree is leafed out all of a sudden.  The new leaves taste like asparagus.  :D

EDIT 4/26/25 -- I planted 'Shenandoah Red' switchgrass, 'Purple Dome' New England aster, and blunt mountain mint in the wildflower garden.

EDIT 4/26/25 -- I planted 'Silver King' creeping thyme and lemon thyme in the goddess garden.

EDIT 4/26/25 -- I planted the 'Winter Red' winterberry holly in the west hedge of the savanna.

I've been hearing lots of blue jays screaming, so I think there is a flock beyond the two that I've seen together.  I saw a fox squirrel running around the trees over the parking lot.

EDIT 4/26/25 -- I planted the common ironweed in the prairie garden.  That's the last of the potted plants from the American Meadows order.  I still have some bare roots in bags, but those are a little less time-critical.

EDIT 4/26/25 -- I planted a tricolor sedum under the maple tree and a 'Princess Nadia' bugleweed in the purple-and-white garden.

EDIT 4/26/25 -- I planted a red coreopsis in the wildflower garden and 3 perennial pinks (purple, red, and pink) in the prairie garden.  That finished off two more flats, so I only have two flats left to plant. \o/

I brought in the last two flats of plants.

I've seen at least 5 blue jays together.  :D

EDIT 4/26/25 -- I planted dill, flat parsley, curly parsley, and sweet marjoram in a trough pot on the old picnic table.

I am done for the night.

Comments

[lilyhargrave]

Wow, that's a lot of planting! :) I hope your new plants settle in well!

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

I hope so too. I'm tired, but it's fun to see things sprouting that I planted earlier. One of last year's peonies has a bud on it!

[pronker]

Hard work, good work ... do you keep a map of what's planted where?

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

LOL no. I tried once, but it was entirely too much to keep up with. That's before all the stuff that Gaia randomly adds, some of which is worth keeping like the wild grapes.