wild4hummers's Blog

Welcome Back Ruby Throats!   Saw the first male Ruby Throat of the season March 15th feeding on my bottle brush bush!  My son said that he saw them the day before...  So happy they're back! 

As I looked around at the untended garden beds, some barren black rectangles of nothing. Others, spring crops left unmanned, once competing with the tangle of weeds that commenced to battle, with no swift hands to help wage the war, finally, forever lost...  I give silent thought to the prospects of fall.  Then in a depressed state of mind I think how things have changed...  A door opened...hope for another...the right thing to do...a decision made...a job change...and now.. Fridays aren’t free anymore and with the added hassle of coverage for a day off here and there, I’ve given up on my precious idea of gardening.  Seems like there’s never enough time and the weekends just aren’t long enough.  But then I look over at the mountain of pole beans, still green and blooming... Is it possible they will yet produce the long plump healthy green beans the packet promised?  Then amongst the long forgotten, un-staked eggplants, lying helplessly on the ground, I see a mature eggplant fruit, attached to its host, making its imprint in the dirt.  In a fleeting moment – just long enough for me to decide whether or not it’s worth the trouble to stop and investigate – I think, surly it is rotten.  But, soon my hand is touching it, perfectly sized, long and sleek with shiny black skin, a glimmer of hope.  As I pluck it from the vine, I feel my Daddy smiling...and I’ll keep trying...              
    

AND hoping for Friday’s off.  :)

Looks like spring has sprung!  I'm keeping my fingers crossed on the garden peas, that they will mature before it gets too hot and that my kids will eat them!

I planted Irish potatoes about 2 weeks ago.  Keeping my fingers crossed on them, too! 

Remember those little wimpy collards in the fall pics?  Well they survived the winter and finally started growing in late January.  I was able to pick enough for my husband (yes, I said my husband!) to cook a big pot full in late February and they were delicious!  And to think I almost pulled them up in January because I didn't think they were doing well! 

I planted some pole beans and some more lettuce in seed cups this past weekend.  Let neighbor bring over some beans and tomatoes  planted in seed cups a couple of weeks ago to start in the greenhouse.   After seeing their baby plants popping up, I figured I'd better get on the ball with planting some for myself!

I am excited about the old fashioned petunias that I planted around Daddy's old planter.  You don't know how many years I have tried to get those little guys to reseed.  I guess around Daddy's old planter was the perfect spot..  They did reseed and survived the winter AND are fixing to be in full bloom!  Pics to come! 

Did I ever tell you that I enjoy weeding?  I didn't think so... ;)

Loving this spring-like weather!

 I have garden peas popping up!  My very first time trying these, hope I have success with them! 

Bought 3 different kinds of lettuce today to plant in the garden.  Not only does it look very "garden-y"  in neat little squares, when square foot gardening,  it actual does well in my garden - not to mention, Motley, our guinea pig loves it, too! ;)

Buzz is getting his morning breakfast which consist of crushed fruit flies and Nektar Plus.  In case you're wondering, I have a hummingbird for a guest..  I am working with a licensed wildlife rehabilitator in Thomasville and a biologist in Tallahassee regarding a young male hummer that was found in late September.  We think he has a concussion.  Anyway, I  received him back, a few weeks ago, from the biologist who kept him for almost 2 months.  He will winter over at my house and if he is not able to be released by April, he will have to be placed in a facility for wild animals that are unable to be released into the wild.  HOWEVER, I am hoping and praying for this little guy to make a complete recovery!  Please help me pray for him! 

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