Springtime Backyard Nature in New Jersey.
It’s been a while. I’m over a month behind on posts. Spring has kept me busy in the yard. Although I have been taking pictures everyday, I end each day tired and sore from the yardwork and haven’t found the energy to review and post the images. Finally, it rained and I had time to rest and start catching up. New spring flowers, Cicadas, strawberries, birds, gardens, grow towers, hydroponic farms, and the yardwork.
Visitors backyard and the patio birdfeeder: House Finch. Not many birds visiting during the emergence of the Cicadas.
Daily backyard visitors. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
The water level in the back pond is getting low, but still enough to support Kermit the Bull Frog and all of his cousins.
Spring flowers blooming: White Allium, Daisy, Yellow Star Thistle (invasive weed), Five-Spot, Crimson Clover, Baby Snapdragon (Toadflax), Baby Blue, Love-in-a-mist, Poppies (Oriental, Red, California), and Rhododendron.
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Spring Flowers. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
Love-in-a-mist Flowers. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
Poppy Flowers. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
Rhododendron Flowers (some with Bumble Bees). Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
I harvested the first batch of Strawberries from the Grow Towers. These are from the strawberry plants that the Doe didn’t eat last winter. Fortunately, the Cat Birds haven’t found the Strawberries this year. If/when they do, I will need to put a net up around the Grow Towers.
Fresh spring Strawberries from the Grow Towers. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.
Daily Electric Energy Used (58.6 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (84.6 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Sunny. A surplus of 26.0 kWh.
