Scarlet runner bean arbor for pollinators
I planted scarlet runner beans again this year, from dried beans collected last autumn. The blossoms are so beautiful and pollinators...
Echinacea Rainbow Marcella
I love these echinaceas/coneflowers! Look at those delicious colors. This is their third year growing in a large container pot and look...
Will you help baby birds?
Insect food is required by nearly 100% of baby birds to survive. Moth caterpillars are a key food. Plant keystone native plants and just...
Happy National Pollinator Week!
Even if you don't have a garden, you can plant for pollinators in containers on your porch, balcony, deck, patio, etc. Here is some great...
Black Phoebe and fledgling
For the past week we've been observing Black Phoebe parents and their fledglings around our back field. It's the first time that there...
The Dark-eyed Junco
For the past several months, this Dark-eyed Junco has been visiting our field, probably since the native plants we planted as seedlings...
Great book about Slow Birding
I just finished reading this fascinating book by Joan E. Strassmann. There is always so much more to learn about birds we see every day...
Splish Splash
Due to the ongoing avian flu situation, we put away the birdbaths until we get the go ahead to put the baths back out. Just this little...
A Round of Robins and the Ivy Berries
This is our first winter in our current house. I wondered if the American robins would visit our backyard, as they visited the previous...
