Hi, All! I moved to Georgia last fall, leaving behind 10 roses at my former home that I dearly loved. Started fresh here and, being unfamiliar with clay soil, planted only one rose, and it’s Distant Drums. Woke up to the first open bud this morning and I’m so happy! This gives me confidence to plant more roses here.
I am completely saddened today. I decided to take down my BirdBuddy and mealworm feeder because of greedy starlings. I’m dealing with them for the first time ever (I moved to a new state last fall). The starlings started coming around two weeks ago, a bunch of them. I was hoping they would be civil, but I can fill both feeders and my suet ball attachment, and they will decimate them within hours. I have a robust population of various songbirds who frequent my feeders and it’s especially sad watching my mockingbird fledglings be confused today by the feeder absence. Feeding the birds brings me great joy and this has me gutted. 😔