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After all my whining about weeds, last night they allowed me to enjoy spring. As I sat there trying to get every last trace of clover in my yard, I noticed what I thought was a moth. It was actually a hummingbird sampling the flowers in my yard. I watched her for the whole time she was there. Such lovely little creatures, I have never seen one in person! :D
Nice! Clover is good, however. It fixes nitrogen into the soil because it's a legume. It has deep roots and requires little water. The flowers provide lots of good stuff for bees (and maybe hummingbirds, too). Plus, clover is green, and you can't beat that in a yard.
You back and your bees will thank you if you let the clover grow!:)
Regardless, it's nice to have flowers. They do attract alot of activity! What kind of flower was the hummingbird visiting?
I like clover.
At my last house, there was a huge mimosa tree that would attract hummingbirds like crazy.
I'll never forget the first time I saw a bluebird, though. Amazing color!
That is so cool!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Aggie_Ama
I love Hummingbirds the first time I saw one I couldn't believe how fast those little wings move.
They are rather brave little birds too. I had a feeder for them when we were living in the USA and they would come feed from it while I was holding it in my hand. :)
Spring? It's just started snowing again here.
That's great though. I've never seen a hummingbird.
Reminds me of a story...when I lived in Austin a long time ago, we rented a little house with a yard. This was before I went to grad school in landscape architecture, so I knew very little about plants at the time. In fact, that house got me interested.
Anyhoo, there were all these little funny plants coming up in the lawn in late winter (which is like February in Austin!). I meticulously picked them out whenever I saw them. They were everywhere! I didn't get them all, and low and behold, the ones that survived my ignorant attack bloomed...they were BLUE BONNETS!
It would have been SO beautiful to have a lawn full of blue bonnets, but I had picked them out so well that the effect was less than spectacular. I've always wanted a blue bonnet lawn ever since.
Unfortunately the clover did not look good attacking my bermuda grass. It was really big clover, almost looked like the ground cover people plant around their trees. And we have a home owners association, don't think letting weeds stay is approved. Maybe I can tell my husband we shouldn't pull the clover in the back yard? :D
The little gal (I assume since she was kind of plain looking and brown) was visiting my violas. Those flowers were planted in November and even though the plant part looks a little tired, they are blooming like crazy.
My barn swallows are also back, pooping all over my porch. Last spring they really controlled the mosquitos in my front yard, so unlike my neighbors I leave them undisturbed. Can't wait to see the first little clutch of birds!
Tulip- How funny about the bluebonnets. I want to plant a bunch in my backyard. Nothing says spring like a field of bluebonnets.