Photos: House Yard
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common_natureToday I took some pictures around the yard. These are images from the house yard.
This is the house yard looking east toward the barrel garden.
High in a tree, a fox squirrel holds a black walnut in its mouth.
The forest garden holds most of the birdfeeders.
On the left is the birdbath. On the right is the metal tray feeder.
From left to right: a corncob, new thistle feeder, and old thistle sock. In several places you can also see the severed heads of sunflowers hung from strings.
This is the hopper feeder. It holds songbird blend birdseed: mostly black oil sunflower with a little safflower, peanuts, and fruit bits.
Sunflower heads hang from the twigs.
Looking up, leaves are turning gold.
Here is a closeup of the barrel garden.
Pink salvia is still blooming. I find that salvias often get almost to bush size and bloom quite late in the season, which helps support pollinators.
Million bells are also still blooming.
Morning glories are almost done but still have a few flowers. This late in the season they stay open far into the afternoon.
A few plants are still blooming on the old picnic table.
Shithouse Marigolds grow around a tomato plant in this large square container. You can see how tall they are.
A closeup shows the flower colors. These are very popular with pollinators in the fall.
This is the amethyst garden, or purple-and-white garden. There are two amethyst clusters, and between them, a smaller chunk of rose quartz.
I found this amethyst at Akasha Zamora recently.
I got this amethyst at Gordyville.
Honeybees drink from a water station.
Blue lobelia is one of the last few flowers blooming in the patio pots.
This is the house yard looking east toward the barrel garden.
High in a tree, a fox squirrel holds a black walnut in its mouth.
The forest garden holds most of the birdfeeders.
On the left is the birdbath. On the right is the metal tray feeder.
From left to right: a corncob, new thistle feeder, and old thistle sock. In several places you can also see the severed heads of sunflowers hung from strings.
This is the hopper feeder. It holds songbird blend birdseed: mostly black oil sunflower with a little safflower, peanuts, and fruit bits.
Sunflower heads hang from the twigs.
Looking up, leaves are turning gold.
Here is a closeup of the barrel garden.
Pink salvia is still blooming. I find that salvias often get almost to bush size and bloom quite late in the season, which helps support pollinators.
Million bells are also still blooming.
Morning glories are almost done but still have a few flowers. This late in the season they stay open far into the afternoon.
A few plants are still blooming on the old picnic table.
Shithouse Marigolds grow around a tomato plant in this large square container. You can see how tall they are.
A closeup shows the flower colors. These are very popular with pollinators in the fall.
This is the amethyst garden, or purple-and-white garden. There are two amethyst clusters, and between them, a smaller chunk of rose quartz.
I found this amethyst at Akasha Zamora recently.
I got this amethyst at Gordyville.
Honeybees drink from a water station.
Blue lobelia is one of the last few flowers blooming in the patio pots.
Thank you!
Date: 2024-11-03 04:57 am (UTC)*laugh*
In fact, I said they were "built like a brick shithouse" because they can survive a light to medium frost (we've had a few already, enough to knock back the coleus and parts of the tomatoes) and can sprout volunteers through lawn grass. My readers said that should be their name, so there you have it. :D
>> You’ve managed an almost heroic framing of the squirrel <<
Thank you!
>> (and good for you that you’ve got a black walnut that’s at least productive enough for squirrels.) <<
We have them all over the yard. When I was little, we had trees but they rarely spawned, so when one did sprout, we let it grow unless it was absoutely in the way. Now they're everywhere, like weeds. They do support a thriving population of fox squirrels, who are currently digging holes all over the yard to cache nuts for winter.
>> The neon magenta salvias and million-bells (I’d not known weeping petunias had a specific name), <<
Superbells is another term for those mini-petunias. I'm a big fan of them. I usually buy several, as their colors mix well in containers. I think that's the last one still blooming.
>> along with the purple morning glories and blue lobelias, are a defiant assertion of the cool half of the color wheel during the season when oranges, yellows, and browns prevail <<
I had some blue bachelor's buttons blooming the septic garden too, that I forgot to shoot.
>> all united in your unruly, complex, teeming, vital, HOA-snubbing yard.<<
ROTFLMAO!!!
That is such a perfect description. Yes, it looks like a mess to human eyes, but the wildlife loves it. Fortunately, I'm out in the country where nobody cares what I grow.
I think if a HOA member saw it, she'd probably clutch her pearls and have a heart attack.
Re: Thank you!
Date: 2024-11-03 05:25 pm (UTC)Re: Thank you!
Date: 2024-11-03 06:05 pm (UTC)... and you can compost anything organic, just if it's animal products like cheese or meat scraps, you need to bury it deep enough to avoid scavengers. There are actually instructions on how to compost a dead horse! The detritus food web is powerful.