Birdfeeding: Friends of a Feather Flock Together

Today is sunny and cool.  It rained again yesterday.

I fed the birds.  I've seen a few sparrows and house finches.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 4/5/26 -- I planted a gold curly willow in the savanna.

EDIT 4/5/26 -- I planted a red curly willow in the savanna.

I've seen a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches, a male cardinal, and a fox squirrel.  I also spotted a turkey vulture soaring low over the yard, just above the treetops.  :D

The honeybees are to-ing and fro-ing at the bee tree. \o/

EDIT 4/5/26 -- I planted the last of the gold curly willow in the savanna.

EDIT 4/5/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 4/5/26 -- I sowed 'Lovely Lettuce Mesclun Blend' lettuce, 'Choko Baby' pak choi, and 'Thumbelina Baby Ball' carrots in troughs on the new picnic table garden.

EDIT 4/5/26 -- I did more work around the patio.

I am done for the night.

Today is sunny.

I took the flats of pots outside and watered them.

I've seen two starlings, a mourning dove, and a blue jay in the forest garden.  Two vultures flew overhead and landed in the tall trees.  :D

EDIT 4/28/25 -- I fed the birds.  

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 4/28/25 -- We walked around the south lot to decide where to mow a path.  Now my partner Doug is out mowing.

EDIT 4/28/25 -- We walked around the south lot to see what had been mowed.  Yay, progress!

EDIT 4/28/25 -- I planted a peppermint in the strip garden, a catnip in the cistern garden, a pineapple mint and a rosemary in a trough pot on the old picnic table.

EDIT 4/28/25 -- I planted the 'Ohio Treasure' black rraspberry in the patch at the edge of the prairie garden.  This concludes the Edible Landscaping order.

EDIT 4/28/25 -- I planted hepatica and Jack-in-the-pulpit, each 2 in the forest garden and 1 in the streetside forest yard where the trilliums are growing.

EDIT 4/28/25 -- I planted Dutchman's breeches, bloodroot, and white trillium, each 2 in the forest garden and 1 in the streetside forest yard where the trilliums are growing.  This concludes the American Meadows order.

EDIT 4/28/25 -- I planted Dutchman's breeches, bloodroot, and white trillium, each 2 in the forest garden and 1 in the streetside forest yard where the trilliums are growing.  This concludes the American Meadows order.

EDIT 4/28/25 -- I raked the mowed north-south path that is second in from the west in the prairie garden and connects with the east-west flower path.  Last year this north-south path was sown with wildflowers, this time I put Little Bluestem grass seed.

EDIT 4/28/25 -- I raked the mowed north-south path that is farther west in the prairie garden, sowed it with 20th anniversary wildflower seed mix plus extra zinnia seeds from the Charleston food forest, and watered it. I raked the mowed east-west path and sowed it with Monarch Butterfly Wildflower Seed Mix plus extra zinnia seeds, and watered it.

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

Today we went out to the lake. These pictures primarily show the pollinator gardens around the parking lot and the approach to the lake paths.

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These are more pictures from April 13 that I didn't have time to post then.

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