Was weeding yesterday and they zoomed so fast it sounded like tiny jets approaching, like an odd low deep sound. Flew right over my back. Might of crashed if I had stood up!
They're shy unless they think you're decor. Lol
Mine are too busy fighting over the feeders. It's so dumb. They'll race around the house, 3-4 of them, while 2 sneak in to eat at each of the 2 feeders. Each feeder has a boss, it sits within eyeshot of the feeder and zooms in to attack anyone who comes for a sip. Even the females bicker. 🤦🏽♀️...
Never seen a red insulator. Mine are yellow or purple.
If they touch the insulator while mist covers it, they could complete the circuit and get zapped. Found a post on reddit of someone thinking that was their issue, so painted mine just in case.
Hummers and the gladiolus
I think the hot wire is to blame. Found a little grey bird in a planter. Right above, fence and wire were close enough together the bird got zapped. Started spray painting the yellow insulators black, in hopes of not attracting the hummers near them...
Since my bday is next week, and the local nursery posted a sale, we went to get plants! 🫣
Mix, mixy, mix!
Potted up until autumn, when I dig everything up to add more soil.
Got two more of the cute candy lilies.
Then a little Baptisia. I have a huge one at the old house. Need to dig it up...
Out of nearly 200 seeds....
50 are sprouting, are seedlings.
Horrible success rate...
Moved all of the growing ones together.
Dumped all the fails into three pots just in case.
Rest, I'll either save the soil for other seeds or dump it into all of the big planters I have to top off this autumn.