Tangled Branches: Cultivated
happenings in and around my zone 6b gardens in northern Virginia and in central Virginia
Wednesday, September 24, 2003
Weather: beautiful day today - sunny and cool. We had quite a lot of rain Monday night/Tuesday morning.
Chores: cut down the last of the hosta flowering stalks; cut down part of the wild oat grass from the area near where the big oak tree was cut down - want to move this grass next spring; cut down some of the tall annuals that got finished off by the storm; picked up sticks in the yard left by the hurricane (will get the leaves and tiny twigs with the lawn mower); raked the gravel in back and repositioned some of the pots I moved before the storm.
Wildlife: lots of bird activity today - saw a big flock (10-20) of grackles raiding the Nuttery feeder and the dogwood berries (around 9:30-10 am); saw what looked to be goldfinch fledglings fluttering and chirping in the trees and more goldfinches eating seeds from the Rudbeckia and the basil plants; saw several wrens in the afternoon. Didn't hear any cicadas this afternoon - wonder if they were gone before this and I didn't notice. While I was raking the gravel in back, I almost raked up a little toad. I shooed it over into the plants by the air conditioner. Just now saw a young rabbit hopping around among the planters that I had grouped together before the storm.
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