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Backyard Wild Kingdom
Sep. 11th, 2018 09:43 amYesterday morning there were a pair of chipmunks chasing along the side of the pond. One of them missed a scamper and fell into the pond. A quick "dog"paddle and scramble later, he was out of the pond and the chase resumed.
Yesterday afternoon, there was most of a flock of blackbirds bathing in the shallows of the pond and the rill. I lost count at 50 birds in the water, and there were at least that many in the grass or on the feeders. The frogs were all well hidden in the pond grass.
I thinned the lilac in the front yard -- there were a couple of branches with unhappy leaves, so I took them out, and while I was doing that I thinned it. I should do the ones by the road, too. The difficulty here is that I have to dig the shears out of the pile of tools under the tarp on the deck. Eventually, all these tools will wind up back in the garage, but right now the garage is a construction zone. J is putting in a heat pump rather than a gas heater -- much easier, and more efficient than radiant heat. It looks like it'll be at least another week before I can get my car back into the garage.
The weird summer has done a number on the bleeding hearts -- I've already cleared the stems out of the front garden, which I don't usually do until later in the fall.
Yesterday afternoon, there was most of a flock of blackbirds bathing in the shallows of the pond and the rill. I lost count at 50 birds in the water, and there were at least that many in the grass or on the feeders. The frogs were all well hidden in the pond grass.
I thinned the lilac in the front yard -- there were a couple of branches with unhappy leaves, so I took them out, and while I was doing that I thinned it. I should do the ones by the road, too. The difficulty here is that I have to dig the shears out of the pile of tools under the tarp on the deck. Eventually, all these tools will wind up back in the garage, but right now the garage is a construction zone. J is putting in a heat pump rather than a gas heater -- much easier, and more efficient than radiant heat. It looks like it'll be at least another week before I can get my car back into the garage.
The weird summer has done a number on the bleeding hearts -- I've already cleared the stems out of the front garden, which I don't usually do until later in the fall.
