the way that the parent birds kept bring food all day it was like they were feeding 20.
Garden Photos - Part 16
Chuck keep trying - by the look of that chicks eye - when its hungry enough it will eat.
Yum yum, bug, tastes like chicken.
Wrens are great garden birds--please--keep trying to feed them! Photos are wonderful--Victor your gardens look professional! And--every day you have new clems posted--I am very envious--only have a few . Here is a noid.
Thank you, Robin.
Heartache...one of my "must have" hostas from last year.
What did I say about NOT being a birdy daddy?
Marilyn and I were out looking at the garden when she saw something moving on the ground.
Sure enough one of the babies had fallen out of the nest.
I first thought was to stick it back in. Knowing that the parents were gone, I knew it wouldn't last.
Sooooo, i brought it in, made a nest in a flower pot with grass clippings. And went food hunting.
I don't believe I'm doing this!
Got a nice juicy ant. Then I had to figure how to get it to open its mouth.
Well 3 ants later it quieted down and went to sleep in the pot.
I guess you can call me "birdy daddy."
Any help in house wren raising would be greatly accepted.
Chuck
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wow were you guys busy today... loved them all .... thanks!
Yep, just as I thought Victor-gorgeous-I'm moving in!!
Chuck did you post over on the bird watching forum? Here's an idea fo what they eat.
http://www.birdwatching.com/stories/house_wren.html
Beautiful gardens, Victor. You've done an outstanding job with 1/4 acre.
Here's a couple of oddities in bloom right now. A azalea that is white with the exception of a few blooms with stripes.
Wha, I love that Weigela. Is it 'Magicien'? I just planted one this spring so its still tiny, maybe next year I will see a bloom or two.
And here's a daisy that didn't get the memo on what a daisy should look like.
That is one silly looking flower. If you could get them to do that on purpose, i bet there'd be a market for them!
Chuck, keep us posted on your nestling...
Great pictures (as always) Victor. It looks like such a lovely sunny day there. Q: You have sea oats invading your front garden? i thought they had to be right near the water.
Dogwalker, aka, Bughunter, I think you will have a difficult time, but I so hope you are successful.
I finally are getting roses. Here are some of the ones blooming now. 'Neptune' Patti
'Marmalade Skies' always a favorite. Patti
Here is one that I had to replace this year as the other one I had died. 'Honey Dijon' I love this subtle color. I moved the new one to my chocolate bed. I was happy to find it at one of the local nurseries and on sale last week. So this bloom is not my doing. Patti
Thanks all. Beautiful roses, Patti. Amy, they grow anywhere and everywhere in my garden. They are very difficult to remove - even in early spring when they are first emerging. You do need to dig them out and get every last piece of root. Dyane - it's might be slightly more than 1/4 acre. One of these days I will actually measure the non-gardening areas and subtract.
Victor, I love the maze of gardens that you seem to have. Your kids must love running down all those magic grass paths. I would love to be a bird and fly over.
Is your sea oats grass as hard to eradicate as what I call nutgrass or nutsedge, Cyperus esculentus? I am trying to rid the beds of it, for years. It arrived in some bought mulch. I have not bought mulch from them since. Here is the best site I have found about it. http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7432.html
Don't know, Patti. Luckily I only have the one to deal with! It and the eupatorium are my biggest problems since they are spread by seeds so I have them all over the garden. At least the loosestrife and chemeleon spread by runners so it's confined to a (ever expanding) general area and won't surprise me by popping up across the garden.
Dyane - the weigelia was here when we bought the place - not sure what kind it is - the pink/white flowers are the nicest of any weigelia in my opinion. The pic is of one I grew off the original by burying a branch in the ground. It only took a season and they grow fast!! Thx for noticing.
Just planted Purplr butterfly bush ($24.00),my local nursery,and noticed it was at least 1/4 smaller than Forest Farm ($24.00) incl post.
Purple Butterfly
Butterfly Gold
I know they look the same but in real life the purple is smaller for the same price.
Victor Scores again with advise about Forest Farm.I will continue to buy from them.
Thanks, Jo Ann - but I'll take half credit on that one. I did say the reviews were good and people on the forum were happy with them, but I have never bought from them personally. With shipping prices now, I try my best to find someone closer.
fluffy petunia - wife didn't like them - left over seeds from last year
Chuck - good for you in trying to "raise" the bird baby to a point where he can fly away. Best of luck!!!
no pet. in this yet - not sure if many of you save pet. seeds - these originally came from flow pet. and now re-seed every year - some are true to parent some are streaked or off color - actually like them better in this mixture - will post when they bloom
x-mass ferns
rogue cardinal in weigela - have combined this with the dutchess of endunbury (sp) who has not grwon enough to flower yet. both are on watering cycles as teh weigelia is a huge one.
clem Barbara harrington
another fluffy petunia
forest pansy redbud
minature dongolf redbud
baby viridis JM's
baby crimson queen JM's
Looking good, Bill! 'X-mass' is right - that's a fine clump.
Waterlily 'Colorado'.
Delph.
Lacecap - love the blue on this. Photo does not do it justice.
Big JM.
Viburnum Mariesii working on its berries.
Oenothera missouriensis, or evening primrose.
