Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Butterfly and Hummingbird Gardens, 1 by WormsLovSharon

WormsLovSharon wrote:
Grandmaggie, you have more trees and green in your WMA than the whole state of Nevada. I have gardened in Las Vegas since 1960. That is the year I graduated from high school and moved to Las Vegas. I moved from a small mining town, in Nevada, and moved to the big city to get a job. My butterflies and hummers are just about gone. Probably headed you way. I had six hummer nests this year. The last two babies left the nest last week but are still buzzing around the laurel tree and the fig vine. They love the climbing fig vine when it detaches from the upper area of our two story home and hang down a couple of feet. The last nest that we saw was on the lower level of the front courtyard. It was only up about nine feet. I did get a ladder and took some pictures. They got used to me because I talked to them every morning about 5:30am. That is when the temp is about 73 degrees. I just plant whatever I think will grow here. I do have a Koi pond with a water fall. Both the hummers and the butterflies like the waterfall. Right now the orange dragonflies are laying eggs in the Koi pond. I have just found this tread and really enjoyed all of the pleasant thoughts and the great pictures. You must know here in Las Vegas all backyards are fenced in with block wall fences. I am lucky. I live on a greenbelt and have a see through wrought iron fence. I have attached a copy of the baby hummer just before they left the nest. This was the last picture I took this close because I did not want them to fledge early.