Monday, May 16, 2011

Gardening For Wildlife A New Blog and A New Bird In Apple Blossoms



FEATURING THREE APPLE TREES 




An Apple Blossom Gateway into the Blueberry Field offers delicious fragrance and nectar for birds and bees. 



This little male Ruby-throated Hummingbird showed up earlier this year than ever before. He arrived on May 5th!




Looking west through the Apple gateway up towards the house, gardens  and Rock Maples

While the Hummers sip nectar the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker maintains his Apple sap holes along the trunk. 

He's off to the Crabapple Orchard!

Apple and Rock Maple trees at the edge of the North Garden just outside of the Crabapple Orchard

Looks like this will be a great apple year for this older tree 


 A male Northern Parula visits the North Garden Apple tree . . . my first sighting! 





The Northern Parula has the perfect bill for opening buds.

What a clever bird! He will help me have pest free apples.


Flower Hill Farm is intoxicating right now . . . even with all the rain. I will be posting simple photo posts over the next few days, so you can see what is happening.  

I would like to share a new blog with you all. Carole Sevilla Brown has created yet another blog Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens.  I am honored to be invited to join the team of dedicated and talented authors. I hope you can visit and see my post on an amazing Great Blue Heron rookery I visited recently.

Friday, May 13, 2011

Spring Stretching Towards the Sky Bird Return Update


Inside Top Garden Looking Northeast Lavender Lilacs and Yellow Oaks


Mighty Oaks Join the Chorus of Spring 


French Lilacs and Viburnums Outside the Top Garden Looking East


In the Blueberry Field Looking East/Northeast Towards Carey and Walnut Hill


Waving Weeping Cherry Towards Gray Birch


Old Apple and Gray Birch In Blueberry Field


Apple Gateway to Blueberry Field


Magnolias and Weeping Cherry


Middle Veggie Garden Viburnum Looking Towards Top Garden


Middle Garden Nest Box and Crabapples "Three Graces"


Looking Towards Crabapple Orchard and North Garden


South Field Looking East Towards Walnut Hill


Nest Box with a View


A Male Chestnut-sided Warbler has Returned!




Songs Fill the Garden Air


Magnolia Warblers are Back!


Common-yellow Throat Warblers Found Their Way Home Too!




Graceful Female Yellow-rumped Warbler Has Joined Her Mate

Male Baltimore Oriole and His Mate Below Returned a  Few Days Ago


Female Baltimore Oriole 



Cool days keep spring fresh
Yellow-green flowers dangle
Trees light up the hill

Sunlight catches form
Beauty blossoms, leaf and plumes
Billowing in air

Warbles, chirps and tweets
Crowning dawn with fluid joy
Symphony of song

Spring caresses love
All life swells with hope into-
Imagination 






Friday, May 6, 2011

Stepping Into Spring Gardens On The South Side

Stepping into the Garden Wild Turkey style

Stellata in the mist between gray birch

From the Blueberry field 

Fluttering Magnolia stellata

Back of House and Rock Maples from Blueberry field

From the Blueberry field 

Jazzy Jonquils 


Spreading pollen

Looking up from below the old rock garden to second terrace and smaller stellata

Blooming Rock Maples and Birches across the way

Golden Goldfinches

Carpets of Bluets 

May Apple peeking through

Helleborus foetidus bells

Climbing Hydragea Clusters

Very glossy Viburnum 

Speckled sepals of Lilac

Just behind house Currants looking down through Magnolias and Apple into Weeping Cherry and Mount Tom

Welcome Back Indigo Bunting!


Feathers are flying 
Petals and pollen falling
Freely Spring is here

Plants push through the crust
Growing all around the ground
Verse by Mother Earth

Air is warble filled
Striving to identify
Lovely calls and trills


Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Wondrous Patterns of Water







Watery Stars. Spheres 
Clinging in Wondrous Patterns
Droplets Rain and Dew

Moisture for the Soul
Caring for Eternity
Sip the liquid Gold

Health Revived Whole
Imagination Swirling  
Lupine Leaves Unfold




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