Three Weeks for Dreamwidth: Caterpillars for Birds

Three Weeks for Dreamwidth runs April 25-May 15. This year, I'll be posting about birds in honor of birdfeeding. Today's topic is Caterpillars for Birds.




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Dreamwidth Points

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Racism and Censorship

I see this opening a giant can of worms without solving problems.  

I refer you to the Three Laws of Fandom for a cogent explanation of why bitching about what other people choose to read and/or write does more harm than good -- especially when organized.

Birdfeeding

Today is cloudy, muggy, and warm.  It rained vigorously yesterday.  :D  More is predicted for tonight.

I haven't fed the birds yet, but I've seen a mourning dove and a male cardinal. 

I planted 4 blue lobelia at the front of the rain garden, which completes that project. 

EDIT 5/14/23 -- I've seen a brown thrasher, a blue jay, and a female cardinal.

I planted a pot of dill in the wildflower garden.  This isn't the usual arrangement of one dill plant in a pot, there are a dozen or more: a perfect arrangement for caterpillar dill, which is why I bought this one.  I also planted moonflower seeds around the support wire for the telephone pole.

EDIT 5/14/23 -- I potted up one Red Rosie Basil (which is actually dark purple) and some basil grex seeds.

EDIT 5/14/23 -- I potted up a pink, a yellow, and a white portulaca.

I've seen several male house finches fighting over the hopper feeder.

EDIT 5/14/23 -- I potted up 3 gazania with a dusty miller artemesia, then planted the other 3 gazania in the septic garden.

EDIT 5/14/23 -- I potted up a flat parsley, a curled parsley, a cilantro, and planted some cilantro seeds in the mauve trough.

Why I am a packrat:

I need something to keep critters off the bok choy seedlings.  *look around* *spot old license plate frames* These will do nicely.  Now I need something to run through the holes and pin them in place.

Why I love permaculture:

*look around* *spot volunteer bushes*  *ruthlessly rip off several stems to make pins*  That will do nicely.  \o/

Anyone who says permaculture is "all about fruit" doesn't know what they're doing.  Sure I love fruit.  But I also love being able to forage my yard for supplies without having to buy things.  I do this all the time.

I'm hearing rumbles of thunder and the sky is already twilight-dark, so I may get rained out again, but that's fine.

EDIT 5/14/23 -- I potted up a purple face pansy, a lavender pansy, and two blue lobelia.

It's starting to drizzle again.

EDIT 5/14/23 -- When I went out after supper, it wasn't raining.  

I scattered more landrace marigold seeds in the prairie garden. 

I potted up a purple-and-white superbells, a solid purple petunia, and a white wave petunia.  Then I potted up a purple face pansy, a dark purple pansy, and a white alyssum.

It's starting to drizzle, again, and also almost dark from the cloud cover.  So I am done for the night.

Rec Fest

bnha_fans is hosting a rec fest as part of Three Weeks for Dreamwidth. 

Buffalo Seed Company

The Buffalo Seed Company has a bunch of garden kits available. Many of these include landraces.  Some highlights:

A Garden Herb Set: Five Variety (650 seeds) $14.25

A Garden Set II: Ten Variety (710 seeds) $27.00

A Lofthouse Seed Set: 31 Varieties (1585 seeds) $98.00

This is where I got my Hopi Landrace Sunflowers, which have sprouted fast and large.

Read "Before You Can Love Me"

Thanks to a donation from ng_moonmoth, you can now read the beginning of "Before You Can Love Me."  Warshirt is so very confused about how the totem girls treat him.