Hummingbirds, New Garden

Put in another small garden near the back steps.  Ron and I dug up the ground rather than layering.

Moved a big grass that was getting crowded out by the Joe Pye Weed and transplanted the small grass from Edgewater.  Put in an Agastache (Hummingbird Hyssop or Jewel of the Sierra Madre) a member of the mint family that I got for free at Mahoney’s, along with $20 of on-sale topsoil.

The other day, two hummingbirds flew within 3 feet of me, at about knee-height, while I was holding one of the new trellises.

They are magical, other-worldly with their lavish green plumage and odd behavior.