Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: butterfly and hummers garden plans???, 1 by grampapa

grampapa wrote:
This is our dream house, built for our retirement, and we looked a long time to find a spot we liked. Of course, DH is retired and I am still working LOL. But, I love it here. And we are getting more kinds of birds all the time as we are getting more plants and trees in, and the neighbors are, too. Plenty of photo opportunities, but I need more practice with the camera. DH is the photographer in the family, but he is disabled and can't get out to take the photos he would like. So I'm learning.

We had quite a few hummers last year, but haven't seen any yet this year. There were goldfinches when we moved in because there were a lot of weeds in the vacant lots and they love the thistle. I put up a nyjer feeder and got my goldfinches back. Have 3 hummer feeders now, besides the garden with hummer friendly flowers, so I have my fingers crossed.

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