Late vegetables, herbs and Cleomes

 Cleomes are a must for the vegetable garden. The vegetables just don't move enough, so if you stick in a few Cleomes, they will wave with the breezes and make the whole thing more dynamic.!

Bird places

  This is one of the places that may attract or just remind one of the birds that visit my garden. I have several stands of choke cherry that have designs on taking over the whole yard. That and hackberry, current, Gambels oak and Serviceberry all do their part to attract birds. The yard bird list stands at 33 species, although a few of them appeared one time and never had the least bit of interest in returning  (ie: The Evening grosbeaks and the Hermit Thrush.)

A Black Crowned Night Heron at the Platte

More Helenius autumnale, August 15th, 2012

August bloomers

Late summer and fall are my favorite seasons in the garden. It seems the flowers last longer and there are more breezes to move all the tall grasses and flowers. In the back I have Helenius autumnale, and Rudbeckia in the front.

 Things are coming along in the vegetable garden. You can always count on squash to be showy! These are acorn squash.

one more hummingbird.

 These were my interested hiking companions at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal. A mom with 4 babies getting a lesson in water foraging.