I did not plan to go out into the garden today. The weather promised to be cloudy with showers. Although I am skeptical about the accuracy of weather predictions forecasted well into the future, I tend to believe the forecast of the 'morning of'. Indeed, it is cloudy and cooler today than it has been but the showers have not started...yet.
At six o'clock each morning, I head downstairs to tend to my 'babies'. Since February 6th, the lights from the plant lighting center Barry built are on for 12 hours daily. I have been thinking recycle and reuse. For seedlings or cuttings, so far I have used cardboard egg cartons, a variety of leftover paper cups, leftover craft glass and clay pots, plastic vitamin bottles cut in half, and the plastic containers suet comes in. I must confess that I have used peat pellets (although I am very conscious of the declining peat bogs and would not normally use peat) but my arthritic hands do not allow fine motor skills anymore and the pellets are easier for me to handle when it comes time to transplant.
We have a wonderful view of the back garden from our eating area in the kitchen. As I was sweeping the floor this morning, I spotted a red throated northern flicker hanging from the suet feeder in front of the kitchen window and I ran for the camera. Unfortunately the flicker also spotted me and flew away...wait, that's not the end of the story. He and a buddy returned many times to feed and I was able to get a couple of decent photos. The robins also have been bustling around the garden. I wonder when the hummingbirds will return?
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