birds gardening journals

• 09 Apr 2013

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  Spring at last? This is Michigan, who knows.

  I just cleaned my front pond and out came the Doves, Robins and Finches to tell me how happy they were to see me. Well, actually they weren’t happy to see me, but they were thrilled to see the filled bird feeders and bird bath. I might be done cleaning the front yard by next week.
• 23 Mar 2013

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  Birdemic

  Spinach Beet , Lettuces , Celtuce Lettuce , Extra Dwarf Pak Choy , Chinese Pak Choy , and Big Lower Lasagna...
  This no dig stuff seems to be attracting more birds and more varied birds to my backyard. Today I saw a Downy Woodpecker shimmying up my lilac, and a Spotted Towhee taking a bath in my birdbath. For my urban, sort of run down neighborhood (one block off Portland’s undeservedly infamous NE 8...
  Scattered Clouds 10°C / 50°F
• 03 Mar 2013

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  Micro Greens: Should be indoor crop, or in cold frame

  Salad mix 'Micro greens'- Under attack Earwigs & Wildlife! Dying and Backyard No-Dig Permaculture garden
  Basic rundown of heavy losses if sown outdoors— First 20% of sprouts lost to earwigs and wildlife such as lizards. Got rid of earwigs and encouraged dog to harass lizards. Next 20% of sprouts lost, primarily to songbirds that nest close by. Put out other foods for birds, pruned my shrubs he...
• 06 Jun 2012

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  First Fruit Set and Birds Update.

  Tomato, 'Purple Ukraine' (home saved) Setting Fruit, West wall garden , Greenhouse garden , All the garden...
  Both ‘Purple Ukraine’ plants, sharing a large tub by the house wall, have set their first fruit, also the same variety in the greenhouse. They are just a couple of days behind last year’s first on a ‘Red Alert’. Now we just need some more of those lovely hot sunny...
  Overcast 18°C / 64°F
• 14 Apr 2012

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  New neighbors

  Spotted another new bird in the garden today — it’s a wood thrush, which we’ve never seen in our neighborhood at all. It investigated for a long while in the morning, then came back in the afternoon with a 2nd wood thrush and they hung about for a couple of hours. We’re ho...
  Sunny 24°C / 75°F

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