I got home from work yesterday and the first thing I noticed was that my front yard humming bird feeder was on the ground. No big deal. I figured the high winds from the previous night's storms had knocked it off the hanger.
I walked over and picked it up to hang it back up....and turns out it was a big deal after all. The little plastic hanging loop molded into the ant moat had broken. The problem with that is, there is literally no other way to hang the feeder than that ant moat loop, because if you take it off, the rest of the feeder is smooth glass. Not only that, they don't sell replacements -- not even on the Perky Pet website. I'd have to buy a whole new feeder.
And that's what I'd planned on doing tomorrow when I go to the store.
However, this afternoon, as I was watering my little basil seedlings,
and admiring my tomato,
a hummingbird buzzed me, as if to say, "Where's the feeder?"
"Sorry, guy." I replied, "It's broken."
The little bird flew off and I thought, 'I can rig something up that will last until I can get a new feeder," and that's exactly what I did, using some old Red Heart yarn.
It's holding for now, but I don't know how well it'll keep the ants away, and that is an absolute must around here. I'm still going to look at the store tomorrow, because I don't think I'll buy this kind again. There's no point if they're just going to break after just a few months of use.
In other news, now that my little greenhouse is empty, and hopefully, the landscaper can come early next week, I think I'm going to start my little sunflower seeds. Maybe by the time they're ready to plant into the garden, I'll have something set up for them.
On a similar note, once my seemingly immortal snakes have gone to that great herpitarium in the sky, I want to get something like this to put into that room.
I like that the lights are adjustable, so that I can get them closer to the sprouts so they won't get so leggy. One day, somewhere in the future, I want a greenhouse like my friend Marcy has.
But right now, I want popcorn. So I'm going to get popcorn.
Laters
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I got my hummingbird feeder out on Sunday and saw a hummer at the feeder yesterday.
I have a bookshelf greenhouse I picked up at our Menards. I use boxes to raise and lower the 1020 trays. :-) Which reminds me, i should probably do that for the seeds that just sprouted.
The ones I'm looking at have the lights suspended on chains, so they can be raised as the little plants grow. I looked at Lowe's Saturday, but they didn't have what I want, so I'll have to order it.
I think that style is only available by ordering online, unless you have a fancy garden center nearby. What would we do without the internet?
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