Birdfeeding
Jun. 7th, 2026 11:35 amToday is partly sunny, humid, and hot.
I did a bit of work around the patio.
EDIT 6/7/26 -- I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows and house finches.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 6/7/26 -- I spread a bag of potting soil over the telephone pole garden.
My partner Doug has mowed paths around the yard, so we walked to see those. Progress.
EDIT 6/7/26 -- I sowed black hollyhock and 'Indian Spring Mixed Colors' hollyhock in the telephone pole garden.
EDIT 6/7/26 -- I sowed 'Hopi Landrace' and 'Autumn Beauty' sunflowers in the telephone pole garden.
EDIT 6/7/26 -- I did more work around the patio.
I've seen a pair of cardinals and a mourning dove in the forest garden.
EDIT 6/7/26 -- I sowed my developing 'Summer of Love Landrace' and 'Evening Sun Mixed Colors' sunflowers in the telephone pole garden.
EDIT 6/7/26 -- I sowed 'State Fair Mix' zinnias and Charleston Food Forest zinnias in the telephone pole garden.
EDIT 6/7/26 -- I sowed my developing 'Shirley' zinnias, 'Mammoth Excelsior Mix' stocks, scarlet sage, and 'Knee High Fragrant Mix' sweet peas in the telephone pole garden.
EDIT 6/7/26 -- I sowed 'Bloody Mary' nasturtium, 'Tall Mix' centaurea, 'Stars and Stripes' mirabilis, and 'Select Superbissima Mix' painted tongue in the telephone pole garden. That's the end of the rows. I still want to sow Shithouse Marigolds around the edges, and it needs to be watered.
EDIT 6/7/26 -- I sowed Shithouse Marigolds around the edges of the telephone pole garden, then watered the whole thing.
EDIT 6/7/26 -- I watered plants in the house yard.
EDIT 6/7/26 -- I watered plants in the new picnic table garden.
I did more work around the patio.
EDIT 6/7/26 -- I did more work around the patio.
Fireflies are coming out.
I am done for the night.
I did a bit of work around the patio.
EDIT 6/7/26 -- I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows and house finches.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 6/7/26 -- I spread a bag of potting soil over the telephone pole garden.
My partner Doug has mowed paths around the yard, so we walked to see those. Progress.
EDIT 6/7/26 -- I sowed black hollyhock and 'Indian Spring Mixed Colors' hollyhock in the telephone pole garden.
EDIT 6/7/26 -- I sowed 'Hopi Landrace' and 'Autumn Beauty' sunflowers in the telephone pole garden.
EDIT 6/7/26 -- I did more work around the patio.
I've seen a pair of cardinals and a mourning dove in the forest garden.
EDIT 6/7/26 -- I sowed my developing 'Summer of Love Landrace' and 'Evening Sun Mixed Colors' sunflowers in the telephone pole garden.
EDIT 6/7/26 -- I sowed 'State Fair Mix' zinnias and Charleston Food Forest zinnias in the telephone pole garden.
EDIT 6/7/26 -- I sowed my developing 'Shirley' zinnias, 'Mammoth Excelsior Mix' stocks, scarlet sage, and 'Knee High Fragrant Mix' sweet peas in the telephone pole garden.
EDIT 6/7/26 -- I sowed 'Bloody Mary' nasturtium, 'Tall Mix' centaurea, 'Stars and Stripes' mirabilis, and 'Select Superbissima Mix' painted tongue in the telephone pole garden. That's the end of the rows. I still want to sow Shithouse Marigolds around the edges, and it needs to be watered.
EDIT 6/7/26 -- I sowed Shithouse Marigolds around the edges of the telephone pole garden, then watered the whole thing.
EDIT 6/7/26 -- I watered plants in the house yard.
EDIT 6/7/26 -- I watered plants in the new picnic table garden.
I did more work around the patio.
EDIT 6/7/26 -- I did more work around the patio.
Fireflies are coming out.
I am done for the night.