yardgranny6's Blog

Friday the Thirteenth turned out to be like every other friday.  Except today I actually got to enjoy the yard as opposed to 'working the land' so to speak.  Did a little weeding, filled another hanging basket with plants shared by other gardeners, found one lonely blueberry on my little Sunshine BB plant.  I planted three of them this year, putting one in a planter in order to put something over it to keep the birds and squirrels from taking the last berry.

Planted a new iris named Custard Spice.  Meant to look to see if it was a reblooming iris. I have five of those and it is a plesant surprise to see them blooming at the end of the summer. 

Sprayed the grass on the bank in front of the house again with roundup. That Johnson grass or 'highway grass' as it is called in SC is hard to kill.  The plantings put at the top in the yard look pretty good so far.  Had a thought to put up some type fence there later in the year. We went to the local yard waste recycling site and picked up a load of free mulch.  Was disappointed in it though.  They didn't give us the really good stuff this time, but it will be fine at the road on the bank.

Found a couple in town that are very successful at raising butterflies. Will post some pictures of his 'Cat Condo' and the window screen apparatus he can put over the fennel in the garden.  He says he only uses that one when there are like 50 to 60 'cats'.  That being too many to take off the fennel and place in his 'cat condo'. I have fennel and there have always been swallowtail catterpillers on it. So I will be on a quest to find nice tall screens to make my own 'cat house', catterpillers that is.

Also got to bird watch a little while, put out some more feeders and a big suet cake.  The squirrels will find that one soon enough.  However, a red headed woodpecker came several times to the suet cake. But of course after I came inside to get the camera he did not return.  I will catch him in action soon though.  Did get a pix of an 'enole', which is the cameleon lizard we are all familiar with.  He was in the Hibiscus looking for a snack, but to tell the truth his belly looked as if he had already eaten a 4 course dinner. 

Time to take a break. More to Come Later.