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Seed Starting Time Table
Published on 2010-01-26 15:34:00
I just got this in the email newsletter from Kitchen Garden Seeds. They sent out this great list of seed starting dates and times. I'm sharing it here because I'm constantly digging out my notes and books looking for this kind of information! Plus, I thought you all could use it too.General Seed Starting Timetable: Eight weeks prior to last frost dateZones 9 & 10: Start seeds indoors now.Zones 8: Start seeds indoors in early February.Zones 7: Start seeds indoors in mid February.Zone 6: Start
Birds in the Countryside
Published on 2010-01-21 18:06:00
Last week I looked out and there were TWO pairs of cardinals flitting back and forth between our giant pine tree and the burning bush, which still has come of it's red seeds/fruit on the branches. It was rather cloudy and I was snapping pictures from rather far away but I managed to get a picture of the female, and one of the pair. I love watching cardinals in the winter!About two days later I remembered to put out a new suet cake and within a couple of hours a flicker was munching away on the s
Our Feathered Friends
Published on 2010-01-03 19:46:00
My mom lives in rural Michigan too, and she has the perfect set up for bird watching. I'm am always so envious of the birds that visit her, especially in the winter. We visited this weekend I took pictures of a few that stayed still long enough for me to snap a picture. She has a tree right outside a ground floor window where she has feeders and suet hung for the birds. It's so much fun watching them.This is a Purple Finch, which is a regular visitor.A sparrow visits too. Although it is so commo
