it helps... they get lots of goodies though... corn and peanuts till someone broke the glass on the peanut feeder... I get a lot less digging this way... now I have to build something like pirl to keep the chipmunks out of my tomatoes next year.. I don't mind sharing some... but ALL the full size plants I have... only got one ripe one
:(
this corn thing I bought at the christmas tree shop.... 2 for $4.00... keeps them busy
of course these are shots from last april... but I do love watching them goof around on it
Onewish
Your pictures are fantastic and the bird is a Turky Vulture I think we have tons of them here,they are carrion eaters and like crows keep dead stuff cleaned up.
Donnibrook love your gardens as always.
Have a great weekend everyone.
Awesome hummer shots Allison! Actually they all are!
thank you for confirming that Ge.... It was hard for me to call it... there are hawks up here too... I had the daylights scared out of me by a turkey vulture earlier in the summer... I was walking across the lawn to pull a weed and it flew so close to my head I felt the breeze.... he was going to get a roadkill squirrel .... man that sucker sure woke me up.... I ducked and froze still.... didn't know if I was under attack
LOL
Be carefull out there.
They go for dead deer too ,maybe holding still and acting dead is not the thing to do LOL
well hey when you think you are getting attacked by something flying behind you.... natural instinct stopped me dead in my tracks.... it was amazing how loud it's wings were... they are freaky looking... growing up in a city I sometimes have a hard time adjusting to all this wildlife here
omg, I'm way too far behind again to comment on everyone's beauties, except for one. Dyane, Veronica is an absolute darling. Congratulations!
Victor, that is Erica vagans and it starts blooming usually in July, but I trimmed them all late this year, so it has only been about 2 weeks. Now you've got me on 'little critter' watch. this grasshopper was perched on the handle of my fence gate. when I finally reached up to shoo him off he flew right in my face. should have squashed him LOL
nice shot though... even though he attacked you
whew! here I am complaining about a grasshopper. I'm a city kid too. I'm a little jumpy sometimes with the sounds around me. the fish in the lake make some big splashes when I'm out in the garden early in the morning and everything else is quiet. it's startling.
my 'Summer Showers' geranium from seed. I started them so late I thought they wouldn't flower until November, but they've done pretty well.
the flower on my 'Red Cloud' potatoes that I'm growing in a fabric potato tub. it's an experiment.
Graham Thomas in his second flush
Benjamin Britten
Abraham Darby
Touch of Class
Lion's Rose again. this one hasn't stopped all summer
Tradescant
I just realized almost all the roses are Austins. here's something different. 'Freckles'
and Sexy Rexy
Allison - loved your whole series of shots! You got some real humdingers.
'Pink Bouquet' obedient plant. boy, do the bees love this one
Late Glory
Purple Pawprint
Strawberry Candy
Frans Hals
not moch blooming on my first years that all seem to be july bloomers.
New Sedum
phlox 'Bright Eyes' from a co-op. It's so pretty. can't wait to see it next year
fall blooming hosta
and crocosmia
still waiting for the orange ones
The sedum is pretty JoAnn. do you have a name? mine have either already bloomed, or are not blooming yet.
Verbena bonariensis...this is my first year growing it, but I won't be without it again. I've probably said that before in an earlier thread, but I just love it.
Beautiful crocosmia.
Ruby Giant coneflower, still my favorite
a different BES vine - Blushing Susie
where's Al? I am just loving these heleniums
Joe-Pye weed 'Little Joe'
another hardy hibiscus from seed, plain pink. It's fund to see what color they are when the first bloom opens. I have one more that I think may be yellow.
The sedum is Matrona from Hallsons
petunias, also from seed, Supercascade Lilac. look pink to me.
thanks, JoAnn
I've hogged the thread long enough. I'll finish with the tiniest blooms on my scotch moss
About 2 weeks ago, we were driving, and 2 vultures were eating a dead deer on the side of the road. They are huge. As we got closer, they both took off, one directly in front of us. We hit and killed it, but it dented the hood of the car. They are huge.
