Saturday, March 19, 2011

Flowers Everywhere

Okay so the vegetable garden is still in the planning stage but I have populated the front of the house with a LOT of flowers. The shady areas around the front porch are perfect for azaleas and inpatients, I love impatiens they do well in areas most would never bloom. I also added some coleus, does well in shade, and a birdbath and feeder under the big tree. I can sit on the porch and watch beautiful birds drink and eat. The other day we even had a large crane eating at the feeder for over 1/2 an hour. Of course the naughty squirrels are caught on the feeder daily spilling all the seed to the ground, I have a love/hate relationship with those squirrels!

2 comments:

  1. It sounds like you are well on your way to having a southern plantation, wildlife and all. Squirrels are a pain, but they have to eat too. There are bird feeders that are made to be squirrel proof, but I have seen many pictures showing how the critters figure out how to defeat them. Don't forget to post some pictures.

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  2. I moved it farther from the tree branches, that has helped. I read that it is a good idea to provide them with cracked corn which they prefer over bird seed but I draw the line at encouraging them.

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