Feeding the Birds

 

Every year we get volunteer sunflowers growing in the bird sanctuary under and around the bird feeders. I pull them like weeds and throw them in the compost normally. This year, we decided to let some of them grow to see if we could get seed for the birds. There are 15 sunflowers out there now. Our season is not usually long enough to get sunflower seeds without a lot of frost protection work as the season gets later. I am not going to do any of that work. I am using a cross my fingers and fly by the seat of my pants strategy. Seeds are not that expensive and trying to harvest some was really just for a bit of fun. If I have to be out there covering flower heads with plastic in my nightgown, the fun just seems to drain out of it.

Birch Bark Moss

Yes, it's true, that is moss on my birch. With the high groundwater left from the floods and all the rain this year, I actually have moss in my, typically dry, Saskatchewan garden! Of course, I have slugs this year too. Not sure I like the changes. I'd rather water than hunt slugs. Slug hunting, as it turns out, is no fun at all.

Another stormy day...

Well, the dropped call was the warning. The storm finally blew in. Pouring rain for quite awhile, keeping me inside. Everything is wet but the sun is shining now. I can still hear the thunder though.

The Monkshood is almost done. I found this one laying on the ground trying to reach the sun. It will last longer in the vase than in the mud where the dogs can tromp on it!

The Next Spot

 

This is the spot I decided to put the Meadowrue. I guess I have a lot to do before I can plant them!

Columbine Arrive

The columbine have all started here. It began with the pink and then the yellow. Waiting on the yellow-purple and the black.

Columbine

This is their first year in the bird sanctuary. These are divisions that I put in last fall :)

Puchella Eastern Star

Planted in 2010, this is the first time I have seen a bloom. All the mini botanical tulips are open here now.