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Cardinal Climber – Ipomoea x multifida

This Cardinal Climber – Ipomoea x multifida picture is of the first blooms from the plant grown from seeds that we previously posted about. We put a few plants and seeds in a hanging basket and now they are growing in every direction. … Continue reading

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First hummingbird picture of 2011

Not a great picture but we have our first hummingbird picture of 2011 and definitely happy to see hummingbirds visiting our garden. Still didn’t get that new camera we talked about in an earlier post but hopefully will soon. We … Continue reading

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Our Porterweed and Cardinal Climber seedlings

This picture is of our Porterweed and Cardinal Climber seedlings. We made a post about them back in January and this is our first update. The larger fern like plant is the Cardinal Climber and it took about a week … Continue reading

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Our Porterweed and Cardinal Climber seeds have arrived

Our Porterweed and Cardinal Climber seeds have arrived. We purchased our seeds online from Onalee Seeds & Plants. The ordering process was very easy, highly efficient and we got our seeds in a couple of days. Reason we got the … Continue reading

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Making plans for the hummingbird migration

Winter is the perfect time for making plans for the hummingbird migration in the Spring. Here are a few suggestions. Reading up on the type of flowers you may want to have in your garden this year. Possibly purchasing seeds … Continue reading

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Glass blown hummingbird figurines

Set of 4 glass blown hummingbird figurines are handcrafted by Milton Rios in Peru. Each is: 2.2″ H x 3.9″ W x 2″ D. Since they are handcrafted their color, size and/or motif may vary slightly. These colorful hummingbird figurines … Continue reading

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Hummingbird feeders make great inexpensive gift ideas for the hummingbird lover

The first hummingbird feeder picture below is the feeder we use. They’re easy to clean and fill. Our hummingbirds really like them. The second hummingbird feeder is a window feeder. We don’t own one of these yet but as soon … Continue reading

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Our hummingbird season is over.

The last hummingbird we saw this year was on September 21st, which was a week later than they usually leave. We took down our two feeders about 2 weeks after the 21st. We still had a few flowers blooming at … Continue reading

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Hummingbird and violet flower coaster set

This hummingbird and violet flower coaster set is a gift you could give to somebody anytime. Would be an especially nice housewarming gift since everybody can use a coaster set. Another option would be to just purchase it for yourself … Continue reading

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Hummingbird feeding on Salvia – Black and Blue

My husband and I took this picture last weekend on our deck. The point and shoot camera that we have takes very good pictures of stationary objects but we don’t get real good pictures of moving objects or anything at a … Continue reading

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