@Queen_of_Green: When I was about 6 or 7, my sister and I would go visit an old lady in our neighborhood. She raised a few chickens in her back yard and she had a big bird feeder outside her kitchen window, right where her kitchen table was. We would visit, drink soda or hot chocolate and watch the birds. It has always been a memory I wanted to carry on.
@JMTKMS: I love memories like that! I think that is why I have so many bird feeders now, too. My Mom set up several in their yard in Arizona too, they have really colorful and beautiful birds down there, so I find myself watching her bird feeders a lot every time I go visit... Happy memories... :)
@Queen_of_Green: Memories..... I am searching through my glogs and your glogs for the name of that fertilizer you recommended... I cannot find it! I know I need to write things down, and I usually do, but for some reason ( I thought I had a little memory), I did not!!! I am headed to town and I guess I will do without. Sad. :(
@JMTKMS: Cool! I think you will see a difference pretty quickly. It makes everything taste better and it's more nutritious too, because it has all of the minerals and trace minerals in it. :)
@Queen_of_Green: I will be eagerly awaiting the harvest time, to check out the taste! I do believe a few things, peas being one of them, have lost some flavor. :)
@JMTKMS: Me too... I can't wait to pick my first ripe tomato this year! I agree with you that some crops don't have any flavor, it's been bred out of them in favor of disease resistance and yield and the soil is depleted of minerals and nutrients. That's why I love heirlooms, they taste so much better, the yield might not be as high, but I just plant more to make up for it. I am always building...... soil too, which helps restore minerals and nutrients again too. hmmm. I didn't mean to write a novel... :)
We have so many Jays here they are a real pest sometimes. They steal other birds babies from their nest, kill them and drop baby squirrels all over the yard.
@RoriTx: I can see that happening. I haven't had a problem with the Stellars jays, but a sharp shin hawk has snatched birds right out of the sky in front of me before. Also the crows go after the squirrels nests and get the eggs and baby squirrels on occasion.
@Queen_of_Green:It's so depressing to be walking along finding little dead babies on the ground. They don't eat them so I have to assume they just do it for sport. Who knows?
@RoriTx: I don't like finding animal parts in the bird bath either...I think in my case it is the crows, but It depresses me too... I have seen the squirrels get into crows nest and break the eggs though, so I wonder if it's a natural instinct... Who knows?
@Clenram: Thank you! I am so happy to hear from you too! It's been a very busy time for the past few weeks... It will start tapering off again in a few weeks & get back to a normal pace! I think I will take 2 days off this week too... I'm tired... zzzzz
@Clenram: Thanks! I will enjoy sitting on my deck with my coffee and watching the birds at the bird feeders. No pressure to do anything that day! I might even sleep in... :)
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