RUSSIAN SAGE WITH BUMBLE BEE

Russian Sage is one of the few variety of flowers I can raise that the deer don't like.

This one is around my water pond. It is quite lush this year. I suppose the climate and moisture were just right.

It is a variety that bees especially like. I've seen butterflies on it too.

I like to plant flowers and shrubs that are food for bees, butterflies and hummingbirds.

Some of the flowers that go to seed are favorites of the small birds as well.

I saw something last week I never saw before. My pink magnolia tree was blooming at the very top. That is so weird, since it bloomed abundantly this spring. I hope that isn't an omen of a harsh winter!

As for the deer, the other morning when I hobbled out of bed and looked out the front window, a beautiful doe was in the front yard. She was just posing and surveying the environment and then poof, she was gone.

In a month or so I will have to put up barriers around the holly and rhododendron. The deer love to snack on them all winter. That holly must hurt their mouths.

It is still warm here in NEPA for awhile longer. I will enjoy it while I have it.