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Trying To Keep The Birds Around, But…

Instead of birds flocking to my yard this Spring, I mostly have squirrels doing acrobatics on my feeders so they can chew up the seed.

Without many plants and flowers in my new yard, I wanted to keep the bug-eating birds here by offering them seed, but the gray squirrels take over and help themselves. They are funny to watch. Before I got this shot, this guy was holding onto the metal pole with one foot and the feeder with the other. By the time I got the camera he had changed position and was happily snarking down the sunflower seeds, upside down.

Oh, and I had a bear walk through the back yard the other evening. I suppose he was looking for the seeds too. All feeders were in, thank goodness and he headed back into the woods as soon as he came.

Pretty Tulip Pictures

Just wanted to share some of my tulip photos. Here I have red, purple and pretty yellow flowers. The yellow one has frilly edges.

I planted these bulbs last Fall and most came up nicely in very pretty colors. Some have gone by already and others are still budding.
They are welcome color in my mostly flower-free yard.

yellow frilly tulip — Yellow frilly tulip

Photos of Spring – Tulips and Daffodils in New Hampshire (newenglandsnarrowroad.wordpress.com)
Growing Hyacinths (newenglandsnarrowroad.wordpress.com)

Wine and Cheese – Pansy Colors

red and yellow pansies — Wine and Cheese Pansies

I am not a huge fan of pansies, but this color combination was so pretty that I bought a six-pack. Christa at Tenney Farm told me it was a color combination called “wine and cheese” and the name is perfect!

With the dark purple and burgundy “wine” colors and the light yellow for the “cheese” this 6-pack is quite pretty.

Pansies come in small containers and are a pain to plant and they only like the cool weather so don’t look good into Summer. I just find them a waste of time usually, but they are pretty if planted correctly.

I also bought some very small Pansies / violets and planted them by the side of the driveway. I have a very rocky area there and can’t dig down too deep so it’s the perfect place to put something small like that.