Song Birds

It's that time of year - Songbird time!  We do a number of things inside our wildlife certification to attract and retain songbirds on our property.  Here are some of the cardinals and goldfinches we are seeing recently.

Sage Creek Ranch is truly lovely at this time of year.  It is delightful and so nurturing to have land that takes care of us like this.  We are completely grateful for the opportunity to steward this space.

It cactus blooming time!

The puppy's - pink ones and white ones - are blooming

A new oak grows to replace those we lost last week

We wanted to have a photo of all the green grass

So that when it's gone in a month or so, we'll remember.

The first tulips are blooming!!

Ranch Updates

It's a beautiful day at Sage Creek Ranch.  We're in that time of year when things are blooming, the temps are fabulous, the birds are singing and all is well.

These are the promised before/after pics of the tree clearing we did to promote and encourage our wildlife.

Before:

After:

The photo above is of the big pile of trees and debris from the clearing.

This photo (below) is before Tim planted the grasses.

This next photo is of the grasses coming in after the seeding:

Unfortunately, we discovered that some daisies that Tim had bought at Home Depot came home with Carpet Beetles.  After reading up on these critters, I wasn't happy with Home Depot.  If these things get in the house, they are very difficult to remove and they eat every kind of fabric (and well as a host of other things).  I got the 4 plants out of the garden asap and Tim sprayed (although spray isn't supposed to really help much, I thought it would be better than doing nothing).

However, even with the pests, it IS spring and the Indian Paintbrushes are beginning to bloom.