[Magdalen] Hummingbird delight

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Susan, what a delightful encounter!!  The hummers are really showing up in 
my small garden this year. Last winter's mulch-as-you-go approach (where I 
sprinkled diced vegetable/fruit waste directly on top of the soil all 
winter)  brought much success to this year's growth of the flowering plants 
that they love (others not so much).  I have some of the Pineapple sage Jay 
spoke of, and also a Rangoon creeper and one of those 'firecracker' 
flowering bushes (the one with real leaves, not the ones that look like pine 
needles) that is as tall as the roof!  Hummers summered over here this year 
which does not always happen. I think they know more about world weather 
conditions than we ever will and are probably saving themselves from 
migrating during a bad stormy fall.

Lynn

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From: "Jay Weigel" <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2014 10:00 AM
To: <Cantor03 at aol.com>; <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Hummingbird delight

> When I lived in Tennessee I would plant pineapple sage in my garden, 
> mostly
> because the leaves smelled good and made a wonderful jelly (better than
> mint with lamb). I found that hummingbirds loved the blossoms, which bloom
> in early fall. I used to tease my neighbor that I did it just to steal 
> them
> from her feeders.
>
> On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 11:35 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 9/14/2014 9:06:38 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> susanvhagen at gmail.com writes:
>>
>> This  evening I was watering the herbs when a hummer came and hovered
>> near  me. >>>>
>>
>> My front deck has been a riot of blooms all summer, and they, plus
>> the humingbird feeder attracted multiple hummers, male and female.
>> I've been sitting in the AM with coffee and they are quite tame.
>>
>> I've stopped filling the feeder, because they keep them here in the
>> northern mountains too long in the fall for safe flight south.   We're
>> getting 60 F highs and 40 F lows now, and it feels very autumn-like.
>>
>> There's hardly any color yet, but it won't be long.
>>
>>
>> David Strang.
>>