Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Spring Fever

It was a warm Spring day today, so I decided a visit to my local nursery would be wonderful for my soul. I didn't intend to buy anything, but I found a very pretty colored glass wasp trap, which I couldn't pass up.


Wasp Catcher





The past couple of years we have had a bad problem with wasps taking up residence in our bunny cages. We don't have bunnies anymore, but I'm not ready to say "We will never have bunnies again." and so I'm not going to get rid of the cages. But I don't want wasps either. The cages sit behind the clothes lines and last year I could only use one line of the clothes lines because of the wasps and the volunteer sunflowers that grew under the clotheslines. Got stung once. The sunflowers attracted the wasps I'm sure, but I love to photograph the little yellow finches that come to feed on the sunflowers, and the bees and ladybugs too.

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Ladybug on Sunflower


Speaking of ladybugs, I also found a cute little ladybug windspinner for the pergola and two packets of sweet pea seeds that I couldn't resist. I love the smell of sweet peas.





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I seem to be on a garden accessories binge lately. Last week I bought wind chimes, something I've always been afraid would annoy me after a while. So far they are not.





Windchime







A garden stake that glows in the dark and a sectional fence for the strawberry garden might have also been purchased.




Dragon Fly Stake

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I like your wasp trap - I've been stung several times in the past, and have found it very painful. Our weather is mixed at the moment - we have had some lovely warm days, but today is a little bit cool.