We’re growing bluebirds along with our vegetables this year! The fence of our vegetable garden runs right beside one of our bluebird houses.
Sometime between Sunday night and Wednesday morning the 3 blue eggs in the nest hatched and we now have 3 featherless pink bluebirds! They sleep with their very large mouths open and ready. Daddy bluebird is working overtime bringing worms and insects to his hungry brood. We haven’t seen Mom today, but maybe she’s out looking for something special for dinner.
Dad’s wary of our presence, but doesn’t seem to mind us watching as long as we are inside the fence! We’ve never been this up close and personal with the bluebirds before and it’s been a treat to observe their lives as we go about ours in the garden.
Getting to know the birds is another good reason to go organic in your garden. It’s always good to be kind to your neighbors. Maybe they’ll return the favor by eating whatever is munching on our beans! Stay simple…and enjoy God’s world around you.
The babies are adorable, and I really love your garden beds. Is the latticing just on top, or is each square foot separate?
Hi, Jamilynn,
The lattice is nailed to the top of each raised bed. The grid is really just a planting guide and it also just makes the bed look a lot neater…pretty is important!! Yesterday Chuck started digging around the perimeter of our garden and we planted some tomatoes and beans in the ground. We’ll see if they’re happier in the raised beds or the ground.
I’ll try to get some more pics of the bluebird babies every few days to record their progress. It really is an amazing sight to watch.
Thanks for stopping by…hope to hear from you again.–Debbie
I will tell Blue Bird Pete
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Nice garden.