Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Yardening June #2, 2014, 0 by CatMint20906

CatMint20906 wrote:
I'm pleased with how my 'birdfeeder pole' yard change is going. I decided to plant sunflowers and a gourd plant (Lagenaria siceraria) around my new feeder pole. The sunflowers are growing well and the gourd plant has finally taken off, too! It's not wrapping itself around the pole, but it's fun to watch it anyway.

1) The pole with sunflowers growing around it. They are getting the first signs of their seedheads now.
2) I planted the gourd directly beneath the bird feeder. It has now grown around to the other side of the pole where it is growing along the lawn towards my peach tree. Its gourd is supposed to be the kind you can turn into a birdhouse. :-)