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I think I pulled enough grass for the next three months of garden craze, all in this one weekend! The side yard by the patio is now all mulched in, with a small bed of zinnias to line the stepping stones to the side yard. I added a bed in the front of the house around the utility pipes, to make it easier for Rich to mow (and to plant more flowers!) Plus I started the side yard…I planted two small holly trees to attract birds (you’re welcome, Bobby the Mockingbird!) Look for pictures of the new beds under the Garden Craze site.

Here’s one of the new plants, my first daylily! (Wendy will be so proud…) It’s name is ‘Yangtze’ and it already bloomed for me…

'Yangtze' daylily

I saw this caterpillar on my heliotrope plant today. I have no idea what kind it is…I can’t find it in my field guide. :-p

Caterpillar

This is the reason we started putting out bird feeders…Miss Goldilocks loves to watch her birds through our windows. Here a mourning dove was so excited to pig out in my tray feeder that he hardly realized that he was on center stage in Goldy’s window!

Goldilocks and mourning dove