Garden and Friends

Well here is another post from Moondog's Place. It's been a while since the last post. We are enjoying the warm weather and the shade here, as well as the wildlife.

We were spending a lot of our time scaring off a Raccoon and here kids. We believe they are now gone, . No signs of their damage to feeders and gardens foe last few weeks.

We were entertained by the assortment of squirrels, chipmunks and rabbits . The occasional deer also adds to our menagerie. Feeding them peanuts seems to keep in a less destructive mode. 

We were experiencing an early cold spell which kept the garden on a slow growing schedule but as of late the temperature has ratcheted up along with the humidity. Perfect growing weather but blooms don't linger as long. We have also had some very strong lake winds that have toppled out foxgloves.

So here are a few photos from the past months.

 Mother turkey and poults at the pond

 

Foxglove, chives and dianthus

   

 

 

 

 

 

Iris

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clematis

Weather has broken = spring may be on the way

 We have had a considerable amount frigid temperatures and some nice heavy snow drops this pat winter.

Touring the yard today i found the snowdrops in bloom and the daffodils beginning to peak out from their winter slumber. 

I am excited again to begin a yard clean up but know from experiance that i need to be patient, Still a bit to early to uncover resting perennials.

Hopefully the tree trimmers will be arriving soon so that i can get some serious work done in those areas. 

The birds are returning, wrens, finches, titmice, cardinals, nuthatches and a great variety of woodpeckers.

Our favorite woodpeckers - Pileated (aka WOODY)- are busy completing nesting holes.

We are also seeing the deer in the early morning and late evening. 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This little guy sings loud and clear all day long.

My biggest worry was the thick covering of ice on my backyard pond. Even though I had a aerator running all winter the ice was so thick that I couldn't see the fish. Great news today the ice is open and all seven are well and doing fine!