Birdfeeding: Friends of a Feather Flock Together

Today is mostly sunny and warm.

I fed the birds. I've seen a small mixed flock of sparrows and house finches, a grackle, and a gray catbird.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 5/12/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 5/12/26 -- I planted a white dogwood in the forest garden.

I put a jug over it and mulched around it.

EDIT 5/12/26 -- I covered and mulched around a previously planted persimmon seedling.

EDIT 5/12/26 -- I raked the westernmost of the north-south strips through the prairie garden which will get sown with seeds.

EDIT 5/12/26 -- I planted a persimmon tree along the north edge of the forest garden, covered and mulched it.

EDIT 5/12/26 -- I raked the middle of the north-south strips through the prairie garden which will also get sown with seeds. The easternmost one is meant to be the middle path and kept mowed, although I will also sow that with grass and clover seed rather than wildflowers or native prairie grasses.

EDIT 5/12/26 -- I raked the long east-west strip where the Monarch Butterfly Seed Mix will go. This also contains flowers that bees love, and that strip runs near the bee tree. :D

EDIT 5/12/26 -- I did more work around the patio.

EDIT 5/12/26 -- I did more work around the patio.

I raked the notch at the north edge of the prairie garden where I'll sow flower seed later.

EDIT 5/12/26 -- I raked the eastmost of the north-south paths, which is meant to stay mowed as the cross-cut path across the prairie garden. And that's all five of them done! \o/ *goflopnow*

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