Sunday, September 2, 2012

New Hummer-friendly Purchases!


In another last-ditch attempt to get even a single Hummer into my yard for longer that 3 seconds, I headed to the local nursery to 'finally' get some hummer-friendly plants. I was going to wait until spring since my planter isn't ready yet, but I bought a few perennials that I need to get into the ground before too long. I've been browsing on a Hummingbird Forum and discovered there's a wealth of knowledge there about Hummingbird gardening!
Here's what I came home with for starters:


And just because I couldn't resist, I bought a third feeder with a slightly different look from the other two, hoping it will be accepted by those hummers once they get here:

The full set-up (minus the new feeder since I'm thinking of putting it in a separate location):
Watch this space...