Hello everyone here is a little morning blog from rural F...
Hello everyone here is a little morning blog from rural Florida. Yesterday I received a package of 119,000 seeds of Florida native flowering plants. In addition tomorrow I have 5000 Blue Sage Seeds arriving 🪻🪴 🌼🌸. 🦋🐝🦜🧑🌾. Some of the seeds I plan on planting in my immediate front yard. I would rather see flowering plants than weeds and grass. After that another, big, bird feeder and I brought a hummingbird feeder at Lowes. Lately I have been seeing Hummingbirds in my front yard. At first I thought they were insects. In rural Florida we,often, have flying insects as big as Hummingbirds. After watching I realized what I was seeing. Not a “dive bomber” bug but a Hummingbird 😲🤩 Wow they are cool to watch. I thought I might, as well feed them too. I am turning my place into a haven of resources for birds, bees and butterflies. All my best always. Bob 🫶🧑🌾🌸🦋🐝👍🪴🦜🌼🌱📸🌻☮️🪻 #HappyPlants #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #PlantAddict #NewGrowth #OutdoorGrowing #TheWateringHole @HFplantoasis @HummingbirdMint @Idplantthat @ILoveMyPlants @Jadedbelle @Jujube @Luckeecharm1 @ModestCoconut13 @Ms.Persnickety @newplantgirlies @Preciousplants1 @princesspitstop @QuickKalopanax @sarah10orio @Shells_Garden @SillyPlantGirl @SizableSuncup20 @smushface @SolaceInSunshine @RefinedSandwort @Ponytailmom @Blhagmaier @BigPetunia80 @BEsucculent @UnbeatenSoybean @TopCoriander6 @stephongreg @ILoveMyPlants @SpyderLily @Ms.Persnickety @CutePolypremum @DreamMachine @ILoveMyPlants @MariansOasis @SillyPlantGirl @Tiffanypickles @4eva @ @NOLAPhoenix @Devsleafypals #Greggang #TheWateringHole #gracefulspurge #blanketplant
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@Malagueña this makes me so happy to hear Bob 🥰 aren’t hummingbird’s cool? And so loud sometimes. They can be super territorial about the feeders too. So tiny, but so fierce!
@DreamMachine , Good morning Nadia. They are very cool. I have been learning a lot about them in preparation to attracting them. The two Hummingbirds that I am seeing are hanging around right in front of my house. I have a crêpe myrtle and a hibiscus bush that are both blooming. Maybe that’s why they are staying around. 🤔
@DreamMachine , if I see hummingbird competition around my feeder. I’ll probably buy another one. 🤔
@Malagueña they love red and tubular or trumpet shaped flowers. And for I Spy 100 level, see if you can find a hummingbird nest next year. They’re like the size of a walnut cup 🤏
@Malagueña good idea 👍 you might have to space them out a bit, or maybe they’re just extra territorial where I am. If a stranger hummingbird comes within 15-20 feet of my feeder mine will chase him off!
@DreamMachine , I watched a documentary on PBS yesterday. It was about a lady who has a hummingbird rescue sanctuary in California. She has been doing it for years. She added how territorial they are. https://youtu.be/dqctVIQh00c?is=Slu2OybyvAcpWKcd
@DreamMachine , the first feeder is going to be, kind of, a test. If it brings in more than one hummingbird, I will get another and hang it 50 to 60 feet away from the other one.