BBs Blog

With one small cascading pot fountain in the corner of the front border, two frog themed ones in the north border, and some suet hanging around as well, the front yard birds are singing in delight these days. As I sat quietly in the living room one afternoon listening to the birds singing in the front yard, I allowed my mind to take a little flight of fancy, and pondered questions such as, were the birds singing to each other in delight over the changes occurring in their world? Or were they rewarding the lady in the wide brimmed sunhat with song for all the hard work she has done making those changes? Or, on a very whimsical note, were they singing a song of growth to the young trees they were perched in? Those young trees do not offer shade or nesting habitat right now, but the birds do enjoy perching upon their meager branches as they sing in delight about the changes occurring in their world.

There are so many changes occurring in the yard right now. Though at the moment, a lot of those changes seem to be nothing more than bare, freshly mulched ground. But peeking through that mulch in spots, are the tiny heads of little seedling and small plants that will hopefully soon grow into beautiful flower bearing plants. And deep beneath the mulch and ground in other spots, bulbs are coming to life as well. Several of my little balloon plants are in the process of putting on stems and leaves. I’m also very pleased to see some of the dwarf jewel mix nasturtium and blanket flower seeds I planted a few weeks ago have germinated, and are growing fast. I also have a nice little stand of morning glory seedlings in one corner garden. I am hopeful those will soon start climbing the chain link fence, then quickly covering it.

The two hummingbird and butterfly gardens, as well as the Blazing Star Liatris bulbs arrived Wednesday morning. Though small, the plants all seem to be very healthy. By noon Friday I had everything but two pink butterfly bushes and the rest of the Liatris bulbs planted. This has resulted in still more seemingly barren spots popping up in the corners of my yard. But those seemingly barren spots actually contain a variety of tiny plants that I hope will grow into beautiful perennial corner gardens. If all my plans come to colorful fruition, then one day soon, the birds will really have something to sing in delight about.

Right now, I am taking delight in how happy the birds already are. And learning that hope, is a very important part of gardening for me. With all the bugs, varmints, and my own dogs at times seemingly intent on destroying certain things I plant, getting my garden to grow is no easy task. I know the next couple of years my garden will be growing by trial and error as I experiment with what does grow well here, and what doesn’t. What keeps me going right now is the thought that if I just keep trying, then sooner or later I will have a yard that is a delight to the human eye, and a colorful haven for birds and butterflies.