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What I see in my backyard...

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I have a tiny patio with a huge cherry tomato plant in a pot. I think its genes got crossed with Jack's bean stock! This was taken a couple of weeks ago, it's 3 feet taller now. Had to tie it to the porch roof to support it.

Oh my goodness, JewelGarden...that is one tall tomato plant. Ours tend to grow really tall here, but that's planted in the ground. Never thought that it could grow so well in a pot...must love the California weather there!! Will you make some salsa with that? We do, and love it...along with our jalapeño peppers which we grow as well!
 

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They can get very large if they are allowed to continue there!! Mean devils they are!
yes we had two two years running,the third year they decided to set up housekeeping in the garden shed but i spotted it just as they were starting and knocked it down,they must have been pretty miffed about that as they haven't been back since :)
 
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yes we had two two years running,the third year they decided to set up housekeeping in the garden shed but i spotted it just as they were starting and knocked it down,they must have been pretty miffed about that as they haven't been back since :)

They like nesting behind our patio lights against thr house and also inside our patio umbrella!

Here is a pic of our patio...


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...when we leave it open...it sometimes is a surprise to come back and see what's in there!!
 

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little devils lol,can you imagine the garden shed would have been out of bounds the whole summer unless we had destroyed them and i don't like killing things if i can help it....lovely patio.
 
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little devils lol,can you imagine the garden shed would have been out of bounds the whole summer unless we had destroyed them and i don't like killing things if i can help it....lovely patio.

Thank you...we try to clean the nests put when we can...we also use bug spray which helps, but not good for the environment!
 

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Does in my garage count? It took a long time to get 4 chickadees out.

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I never got a good photo of all four.
 
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Czevski said:
Does in my garage count? It took a long time to get 4 chickadees out.

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I never got a good photo of all four.

Of course it counts, Czevski!! :)

I love your chickadees!! Do you feed them in your garage? Is it a pole barn?

I love chickadees, yellow finches and lastly my current fav...hummingbirds!

I would like to take some pics of the birds...soon I will, they are just too fast for me to grab my iPod or iPad!
 

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We try to keep birds out of the garage. It is just a two car plus a little storage garage. We have a small front yard and the remains of a forested areas in our back yard. (houses there now)

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Here's a humming bird for you. He didn't come back, even though he appeared to enjoy the space.

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More front yard birds.
 
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We try to keep birds out of the garage. It is just a two car plus a little storage garage. We have a small front yard and the remains of a forested areas in our back yard. (houses there now)

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Here's a humming bird for you. He didn't come back, even though he appeared to enjoy the space.

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More front yard birds.


Oh my goodness...you were able to get a shot of a hummingbird!! What do you think it was? We have a lot of Red Throat hummingbirds. They have such brilliant, iridescent colors on them...and oh, so tiny!!

I see you have some yellow finches, is that it? So pretty and so bright yellow!!

I am not sure about the last...almost looks like a grouse of some sort...but don't think it is.
 

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I caught a hummingbird once. It trapped itself under the deck umbrella and couldn't find it's way out, so I caught it using a spiders web, so I could release it safely.
 

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