A Gift From the Birds

We feed the birds year round. Black sunflower seeds. It's a good basic food that attracts lots of varieties of birds (and sometimes squirrels). But not all birds are neat eaters like the blue jay or the chickadee. They scratch, they get into the feeders and seed gets on the ground and into the garden beds.

It's a struggle, early on, for there are all sorts of sunflower seedlings sprouting where we don't want sunflower seedlings. And try as I might, I never manage to get all of them.

Thus, in mid to late July and August, we receive a gift from the birds -- for the sunflowers bloom.
And they certainly brighten the breakfast room when placed in an old Mason's pitcher.

It's Outdoor Wednesday so please join Susan at A Southern Daydreamer to see what else is happening outdoors --