The tulips I planted out front last fall came up beautifully.
A single survivor out front from years past and another bunch out back were mysteriously cut off. The ones that were cut off out back totally disappeared. Bunnies? I did see a deer wander through the neighborhood very early one morning a few years ago.
There are a few more bunches still coming up. We’ll see how they fare.
Today was an off and on rainy day. I got about 3 minutes in the garden tonight before it started pouring rain.
I was also a little bummed it was a rainy evening because today the last two ‘South Seas’ daylily buds bloomed. They go way too fast, but their huge gorgeous blooms are such a treat, and when there are multiple blooms together it is delightful. Here’s what it looked like a few days ago.
After the rain, we had quite a few visitors to the garden so that was fun. We tried to capture from inside the house. It’s a bit grainy, but you get the idea …
A while ago we got a huge bag of sunflower seed hearts. We started putting them in one of the feeders. The birds (and squirrels) went nuts. Easy eating! They are nice because there are no shells left behind to clean up, no black oiled sunflower seed shell chemical to kill plants, and no sunflowers growing in the grass under the tree.
The hearts are, understandably, more expensive, but there is at least twice the actual food.
We picked up a second bag on our garden store shopping trip Saturday.
Despite the easy eating, some seeds must still make it to the ground. The neighborhood bunny starts making the rounds about 8:00 each night. He usually gets here around 10 pm. Tonight we got an early visit. I had to zoom and be stealthy to get this pic.
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