Fall, the time of year that the birds and squirrels feast from the ripening plants and berry's. We leave a few of the volunteer plants from the bird feeder seed grow each year so we can watch the birds in fall. I tried to get a picture of some birds balancing on this Millet plant picking out the tender green seeds but as you can tell, I failed miserably.
It doesn't take them long to clean up one of these plants, sometimes there are 3 to 5 little birds on one plant.
I'm not real sure what this one is, Milo or sorghum? But the birds like it!
A Bible verse that reminds me of Fall is
Isaiah 40:8 The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.
They like to pick the tiny wild sun flower seeds. They eat on these well into winter.
This is our choke cherry tree. You can see that the birds have busy eating on these berry's.
We have some volunteer wheat, it looks pretty in spring and as it heads out and also makes good bird food. Something that Jesus said in John 12
I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. This is teaching the principle of life through death as seen in the plant world. If it were not for Jesus death on the cross we would have no chance at eternal life.
On September 14th we had a frost. It got down to 29 degrees so some of the taller leaves on my squash and pumpkins froze. I did cover some of the other vegetables and flowers. I always like to try to extend their life a few extra weeks. This week has been much warmer and things are growing.
The best part of the frost is the trees start to turn beautiful fall colors. I really love fall even if the title of this blog makes it sound other wise.
We have a good 60 feet of hedge around part of our yard. This hedge is the most beautiful in the fall when it's leaves turn many shades of green, gold, orange and red. I'm sure I will be posting more fall colors later as things progress in this area. Here is a site to see some of the nicest fall colors in SD at beautiful Spearfish Canyon.
http://www.spearfishcanyon.com/fall.htm
Our sweet corn is finished and turning brown.
The flowering crab apple tree is filled with little red apples that many birds feed on through winter and early spring. Robins, Blue Jays, Ceder Wax Wings and others.
This is our tall, gorgeous, 30 year old Oak tree. You can see how tall it is by our blue house size at the right of the picture. This oak tree was so small when we moved into this house we could reach the top of it. Every Fall this tree is loaded with acorns.
I do believe all the neighborhood squirrels just wait and watch for these acorns to be just right for eating and burying. The big blue jays also love the acorns so you can imagine the competition, noise and antics when they see which one gets the most acorns. They are fun to watch.
But oh no! Look at the big mess they create under the tree. This rough mess covers a big area under the tree. I definitely can't go bare foot there anymore. PAINFUL!
Next spring we will have many new Oak seedlings popping up. The squirrels are in such a hurry to bury these acorns I think they forget where half their treasure lye's.
My Flowers are doing so well now that it has cooled off and since we have had more of Gods nutritious rain. I just had to take a picture of them before it freezes for good. I always hate that part of fall but look so forward to every spring when things start over fresh and new.
Fall, the time of year that the birds and squirrels feast from the ripening plants and berry's. We leave a few of the volunteer plants from the bird feeder seed grow each year so we can watch the birds in fall. I tried to get a picture of some birds balancing on this Millet plant picking out the tender green seeds but as you can tell, I failed miserably.
It doesn't take them long to clean up one of these plants, sometimes there are 3 to 5 little birds on one plant.
I'm not real sure what this one is, Milo or sorghum? But the birds like it!
They like to pick the tiny wild sun flower seeds. They eat on these well into winter.
This is our choke cherry tree. You can see that the birds have busy eating on these berry's.
We have some volunteer wheat, it looks pretty in spring and as it heads out and also makes good bird food. Something that Jesus said in John 12 I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. This is teaching the principle of life through death as seen in the plant world. If it were not for Jesus death on the cross we would have no chance at eternal life.
On September 14th we had a frost. It got down to 29 degrees so some of the taller leaves on my squash and pumpkins froze. I did cover some of the other vegetables and flowers. I always like to try to extend their life a few extra weeks. This week has been much warmer and things are growing.
The best part of the frost is the trees start to turn beautiful fall colors. I really love fall even if the title of this blog makes it sound other wise. 
We have a good 60 feet of hedge around part of our yard. This hedge is the most beautiful in the fall when it's leaves turn many shades of green, gold, orange and red. I'm sure I will be posting more fall colors later as things progress in this area. Here is a site to see some of the nicest fall colors in SD at beautiful Spearfish Canyon. http://www.spearfishcanyon.com/fall.htm
Our sweet corn is finished and turning brown.
The flowering crab apple tree is filled with little red apples that many birds feed on through winter and early spring. Robins, Blue Jays, Ceder Wax Wings and others.
This is our tall, gorgeous, 30 year old Oak tree. You can see how tall it is by our blue house size at the right of the picture. This oak tree was so small when we moved into this house we could reach the top of it. Every Fall this tree is loaded with acorns.
I do believe all the neighborhood squirrels just wait and watch for these acorns to be just right for eating and burying. The big blue jays also love the acorns so you can imagine the competition, noise and antics when they see which one gets the most acorns. They are fun to watch.
But oh no! Look at the big mess they create under the tree. This rough mess covers a big area under the tree. I definitely can't go bare foot there anymore. PAINFUL!
Next spring we will have many new Oak seedlings popping up. The squirrels are in such a hurry to bury these acorns I think they forget where half their treasure lye's.
My Flowers are doing so well now that it has cooled off and since we have had more of Gods nutritious rain. I just had to take a picture of them before it freezes for good. I always hate that part of fall but look so forward to every spring when things start over fresh and new.
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