Oxygen is growing in my garden big time this year. Last year I did not have any peas, but this year the garden is able to keep up to the grabbing hands of my guys and the little ones next door. The carrots are great and the goldfinches are already plucking at the sunflowers. The kids are learning what the finches sound like when they are flying overhead. They now know 2 birds by their sound,
robin and
goldfinch.
Last year, no corn. This year I am sure we will get 10 cobs of corns!
Morning Glory's are taking over everything. They are up the corn and sunflowers, tangled in the peas and wrapped around the carrots. The pretty flowers they produce will attract the
humming birds soon. The garden is a little too crowded this year, but I just can not bring myself to remove anything, after last years poor showing.
Timmins is starting a community garden program, I think it will be up and running next spring. Stay tuned in - when I know, you will know
I guess the
Earth Machine composter in the middle of all this growing is using some of the O2, but is also producing some great soil for next year.
You can not see the pair of goldfinches on the sunflowers, I did not know they were there until after I took the picture.
While walking back into the house a little Spotted Tussock Moth (
Lophocampa maculata) was walking across the grass. I brought it into the house and put it on my young lads bare back. He is very use to his Dad doing things like this. He did not jump, he barely looked up from his computer. "Ya dad what is it"?
He played with it as I looked it up online. Ya just got to love how easy it is to identify anything with a few key strokes. To see what the adult will look like or for more information check out the links below.
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