Photos: House Yard
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common_natureI took some pictures around the yard today. These are from the house yard.
This is the forest garden with birdfeeders. A young fox squirrel is sitting on the hopper feeder.
A young fox squirrel is sitting on top of the feeder. You can see that the bushy tail hasn't finished growing in yet.
A young fox squirrel hangs on the hopper feeder. You can see how small it is because an adult squirrel's head would be well below the feeder in this position.
These are my new plant stands. On the left, the tall folding stand has 3 shelves. In the stack, there are 3 white ones (one taller than the others) and 2 black ones (also the short size). They don't look like much yet, but it will be fun to fill them up!
This is the old picnic table.
Shithouse Marigolds are sprouting in this oval pot on the old picnic table.
The big blue pot has petunias blooming.
Two of the trough pots have herbs. The one in the middle is a water garden. I'm hoping to find some oxygenating plants for it.
Hot Pink Torenia is blooming.
Here you can see black petunias (lower left) and black pansy (upper left) blooming.
These are the strawberry towers that I recently assembled and planted with 36 wild strawberries. There are 12 stacking pots. Each is a cloverleaf with three planting pockets. The strawberries look sad and wilted right after transplanting, but that's normal. Most should survive. I just need to water them generously until they establish new roots and perk up.
Under the fly-through birdfeeder, one of the hot pink peonies that I planted last year is about to bloom. By evening the first few petals were popping open!
Lily of the valley is blooming at the northeast corner of the house.
I caught this male cardinal near the parking lot.
This is the forest garden with birdfeeders. A young fox squirrel is sitting on the hopper feeder.
A young fox squirrel is sitting on top of the feeder. You can see that the bushy tail hasn't finished growing in yet.
A young fox squirrel hangs on the hopper feeder. You can see how small it is because an adult squirrel's head would be well below the feeder in this position.
These are my new plant stands. On the left, the tall folding stand has 3 shelves. In the stack, there are 3 white ones (one taller than the others) and 2 black ones (also the short size). They don't look like much yet, but it will be fun to fill them up!
This is the old picnic table.
Shithouse Marigolds are sprouting in this oval pot on the old picnic table.
The big blue pot has petunias blooming.
Two of the trough pots have herbs. The one in the middle is a water garden. I'm hoping to find some oxygenating plants for it.
Hot Pink Torenia is blooming.
Here you can see black petunias (lower left) and black pansy (upper left) blooming.
These are the strawberry towers that I recently assembled and planted with 36 wild strawberries. There are 12 stacking pots. Each is a cloverleaf with three planting pockets. The strawberries look sad and wilted right after transplanting, but that's normal. Most should survive. I just need to water them generously until they establish new roots and perk up.
Under the fly-through birdfeeder, one of the hot pink peonies that I planted last year is about to bloom. By evening the first few petals were popping open!
Lily of the valley is blooming at the northeast corner of the house.
I caught this male cardinal near the parking lot.
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Date: 2025-05-12 07:49 pm (UTC)Good luck with all your plants!
You already have peonies in buds, I'm so envious!
We do have lilies-of-the-valley in bloom though.