Bigleaf Hydrangea, French Hydrangea. Up until recently, if you wanted a blue Hydrangea, you needed acidic soil; otherwise it was pink. Toxicity: Toxic to Dogs, Toxic to Cats, Toxic to Horses Toxic Principles: Cyanogenic glycoside Clinical Signs: Vomiting, depression, diarrhea. Cyanide intoxication is rare – usually produces more of a gastrointestinal disturbance. Family: Hydrangeaceae (hy-drain-jee-AY-see-ee) (Info) Genus: Hydrangea (hy-DRAIN-juh) (Info) …

Mourning Doves are a wonderful visitor to your garden. The males sing the distinctive song. The doves tend to mate for life. I have seen the young doves fed from the crops of the parents. The doves are very sloppy nest builders: A few sticks; a few inches; eh, fine enough.

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In the dark, dark days of winter, you are visited by the sirens of seed catalogs. Instead of tropical beaches, you see lush produce. I used to use peat pots for the seedlings but now I use coconut coir pots. The Coir people make the case that peat is a relatively finite resource. Both peat and coir providers tell you …

My garden has over a dozen species of visiting birds. Anna’s hummingbirds – If you add a hummingbird-feeder, you will have them year-round Lesser Gold-finches – they like the small niger seed House Finches (aka Rose finches) – they like the small niger seed plus larger seeds up to sunflower size Oregon juncos Chestnut-backed Chickadees Bewick Wren Scrub Blue Jays …

Question: When are your apricots ripe? Answer: The day the squirrels discover them. Squirrels and Humans find many of the same fruits delicious. Squirrels will eat most stone fruits (apricots, cherries, plums, etc). Also apples, pears, tomatoes. You look out of your kitchen window and see the squirrel eating your apricot on the back wall. Or you will see a …

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