New garden residents

[nonelvis]

This one's permanent:



This one's probably temporary. I was at most two feet from this little guy, and he never once tried to fly away. He did move along the fence several times later and was gone by evening, so I'm hoping that means he wasn't sick.

Comments

[platypus]

Baaaaaaaby robin! I'm sure he was fine. It just takes a while for flying to become their first response to things. Or second, or third.

[nonelvis]

Yeah, I went to look up robin behavior after I posted this and discovered that when they're 10-16 days old, they're able to do a little flying, but have not yet been taught to fear humans. I guess I've just never been around a bird quite this young before!

[gritsinmisery.livejournal.com]

I found the remains of a robin's eggshell in the crack between the garage floor and the driveway when I was unloading the car today.

I'm glad you made a garden post, I have a question -- was it okay to put basil, thyme, and oregano all in the same huge patio pot? I know you've warned against mint and basil in the same place (which is why I haven't put my peppermint outdoors, even though I'd love to.) If I need to move one of the herbs let me know -- I have another patio pot I can shift one into.

Speaking of Columbine (the flower, not the OH) -- I have a purple-and-white one and a maroon-and-white double one (clicky to enlarge):
(http://s206.photobucket.com/albums/bb70/gritsinmisery/?action=view&current=IMG_0096.jpg)
I'd never heard of a double before, but it's very pretty.

[nonelvis]

As far as I know, basil, oregano, and thyme will get along just fine together, though they'll probably all fight each other to see which one can grab the most room.

Your columbine is beautiful! The purple ones I have are doubles as well, but not nearly as doubled as yours.

[gritsinmisery.livejournal.com]

Ooh, that is pretty. I got lucky on mine; bought it for a song after it had bloomed out last year and was just trusting the picture on the pot. It turned out to be prettier.

I don't mind if the herbs crowd each other and limit growth; like as not I'll be using them very little, but I hate having to use dried when the recipe calls for fresh and I REALLY hate how much the grocery store charges for "fresh".

Your baby robin reminds me of the time we had a chipmunk pissed at a baby robin who was perched on the wooden ties lining the ground under the bay windows on the back of the house. Baby was waiting for mom, who was out in the yard looking for breakfast. Chipmunk considered the ties his own personal undercover freeway and made a couple of runs at the baby trying to get it to hop off. When baby was finally intimidated enough that he did, the chippy chased the poor bird halfway across the yard because it wasn't that keen on flying yet and besides, Mom had told him to stay put.

[papilio-luna.livejournal.com]

Columbine, yes?

I planted some columbine last year and then, stuidly, planted mint and lemonbalm in the same general area. Guess who won!

Adorable baby robin is adorable though. I approve of baby animals dwelling in my garden. (Er. Except baby groundhogs. They can gtfo.)

[nonelvis]

Yup, those are columbines. My mint has not yet tried to spread towards that part of the garden, but aggressive as it is, I'm not sure I give it good odds against the columbines. If I don't deadhead them religiously, they end up everywhere.

[fonticulus.livejournal.com]

Ooh. I love columbine. I just have one really nice one this year, but it's in full bloom right now and just gorgeous.

[nonelvis]

They're so pretty! One of them managed to park itself a good 20' from the others, and I haven't been able to bring myself to pull it, because I like it so much.