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Here we go again ! Stay safe. Pinellas co

You too! I'm in Polk County. I heard there are two more behind this one. Busy 2024 hurricane season! I'll be glad when it's over because it's so stressful!!!

Thanks. :) OMG in the sunlight he glittered like a little jewel! Their skin is so amazing the way it reflects the light.

Good going! :) I am glad you gave him a chance because so many times they do come back if they can just recover with some basic needs met like warmth, water, and a stress free area to regroup in. :)

It's very kind of you to offer, but I have quite a few large plants loaded with bean pods. Thanks.

Awe thank you. :) I love sharing info with everyone and sharing the love with the not so popular plants that the wildlife enjoy. Right now the mockingbird is eating my pokeweed berries every day! Pokeweed transplants well so if you see any on the roadside your at the edge of a parking lot grab a shovel and take it home.

Thank you so much. :)

You're welcome. It's a great free butterfly host plant. Have fun with your butterfly gardening. One thing to note they are toxic to livestock so keep them out of your grazing areas. There is a free booklet on plants poisonous to livestock. It's called Poisonous-Plants-of-the-Southeastern-United-States. Here's the link - giles.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/194/2020/10/Ag-Poisonous-Plants-of-the-Southeastern-United-States.pdf.

I agree. It would be great if everyone could buy them at the big box stores. I suppose the nursery trade relies on the plants looking great with flowers to attract buyers and many of the natives only bloom for a few weeks so they don't bother, and they don't do well with synthetic fertilizers which is anther nursery trade secret. They keep them pumped up with super bloom fertilizers to look great and then you take them home and they peter out. Although spotted beebalm blooms for quite a few months so it seems like it would be a good candidate for the stores. Well I can dream.

Thank you so much. YES kayaks are the way to enjoy nature. It's just so peaceful and quiet and zen. Glad you enjoyed it.

Thanks! That would be a great place for people to see the atala butterflies in person! I'm still hoping they keep moving northward naturally. Is that at the Museum of Science and Industry - MOSI? I knew they had a butterfly habitat, but thought they had closed. Just The USF campus? Is it an area open to the public? I'd love for you to post the info for those interested. Thanks! :)

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for letting me know. :)

No, it's a 1/4 dripper line run through a copper pipe (to keep the squirrels from chewing it) and attached to the garden hose bib by way of a reducer adapter (goes from 1/4" to whatever a hose size is). I bury it in pvc (in case I hit it with the shovel lol) and run it over to the hose bib. The base is attached to a wooden stake next to the bird bath. I just keep it at a tiny drip with the knob on the bib. I have one on the other side where I ran the 1/4 dripper line through pvc and it's not been chewed by the squirrels so that's a cheaper option. I like the green patina the copper gets though. :) Thanks for watching!

Thank you! I know ... I love the slow motion too because you can really see so much detail in the bee's movements. Not to mention slow motion makes the flowers look so relaxing waving in a breeze. I use the option on my camera so it's totally organic and not changed in editing so it's really such nice quality. I'm so glad you enjoy, and notice, my hard work. :)

You are most welcome. I'm glad it was helpful!

Thanks! It's so much fun watching and listening to them learn how to be birds.

Most are volunteer oak trees. There is a large water oak at the front of my yard so probably water oak seedlings from the squirrels planting them for me (they transplant really well if you find volunteers). I think the one in the back right side, with the whitish bark, is a swamp bay tree (Persea palustris).

@@sharonsflorida7900 Thank you!

You are very welcome.

That's nice. I love having free plants like that! :)

Yes, another humble native! Needs no care. Lots of volunteer plants. Pollinators love them. Thank you, Sharon

You are very welcome! Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment.

I know! They are the most vivid red!

Thanks for watching and the nice compliment! I landscape for wildlife and pokeweed is a great wildlife plant.

Thank you. My rouge plants seem to do the same thing and I've never figured it out. I get some that are amazing and gorgeous, covered in blooms and berries, and then they disappear. Hopefully the birds will replant some for us both.

Yes, it should work. I have one growing in an acacia tree with speckled sunlight and the vine is doing well ... growing all throughout the branches. The corkystem passionflower is flowering, putting out fruit, and the butterflies are laying eggs on it. I've found them in deep shade so I think your ligustrum tree would work as a natural trellis. It's certainly worth a try. Thanks for watching! :)

Haines City. I am on a small lake so I'm not coastal. The winds did batter us.

Thank you Elizabeth! I'm glad you enjoyed it. :) Yes they have a lot of work to become butterflies. They do a lot of things that people don't notice. When they go through an instar they usually go to the base of the plant to be better hidden because getting the new skin makes them much softer and more vulnerable. So keep an eye out for them when you're watering so you don't accidentally drown them while they are changing sizes. :) I check each pot for them and water gently if I see them at ground level.

I love to hear from fellow butterfly gardeners! 🌻 I love passion vines too.

That's great because they will grow and grow and then become beautiful butterflies! :)

Thank you! Cheers!

Thanks so much. 🌻

I'm glad you enjoyed it. Yes I am always trying to focus on the underdogs so maybe people will give them a second look! The big showy wildflowers don't need advocates because they look sexy and people want to grow them. I'm just hoping to show people the little wildflowers are just as beautiful and important and deserve a place in anyone's green space. It's also a necessity for me to work with what Mother Nature gives me because my MS has kept me from traditional landscaping and gardening for several decades. I have total appreciation, and gratitude, for the humblest of any wildflowers that choose to grace my green space. :)

Yes, it has tips specifically for oil based stain.

That's fantastic! They are often overlooked because they blend into the landscape AND they only bloom for about a month so if you don't catch them just right you might miss them. Not to mention the foliage almost dies back to nothing for most of the year. You definitely have to time this one just right to find it. They are such cheerful little daisy like flowers!

@@sharonsflorida7900 very cheerful and blessed to have had them ID’d until next year…

You're very welcome! Yes, for an inexpensive sprayer it does a decent job. Thinning, and straining, the paint is an absolute necessity with this sprayer. It seems like a pain at first, but worth it for best results and no clogging. It helps to use distilled water as well because it doesn't have minerals in it that can change the paint structure if you're going to store the prepared paint for more than a few days.

That's lovely to hear. I know what you mean about the seeds getting on the dog's fur because I've dealt with it myself. I used to keep an area out of the dog's main runs and it helped a lot keeping them off their fur. Enjoy your flowers and puppers!

Don't accept criticism for creating your garden the way you want it! When they pay your mortgage then maybe they can dictate what you plant. The critics better get out there and bully the wildlife to stop using it and propagating it!

The 4ah battery is good for about 4 tanks of paint. The smaller, 2ah battery obviously about half that. I recently painted a small house with it... about 4 gallons of paint, and I had to recharge both batteries 3 times to get through it. Almost wished I had a corded sprayer by the time I was finished as the battery life turned out to be limiting. Lots of fun on small projects... maybe not the best tool for an entire house.

Thank you. Yes elderberries are great for privacy in the same soils too except elderberry can't survive in standing water. I'm collecting video for elderberry. :)

I painted half the house and it took the afternoon, but it was much easier, and neater, than using a roller and brushes. I used to have a corded Wagner and it was inconvenient because of the cord and the amount of time it took to clean it afterwards. It took as long to clean it as it did to paint with it. The Worx cleans up in a few minutes and I am use it more often than I ever did the Wagner electric.

That's nice. It's probably best that they are leery because they can't trust that everyone will be kind to them like you are. :)

Hurray! :)

No I didn't forget them, but I focus on Central Florida. If you go to my plant profile on passionvines I list the southern species at the end of it. sharonsflorida.com/plants-page/native-vines/passion-vines-native-to-central-florida/.

YES @j.juliand5937 spread 'em all around Sebring! :) Do some guerilla gardening and toss seeds in some wild places ... just make sure they're natives.

Thank you so much for taking the time to let me know you enjoyed the video and you are most welcome. That's amazing that you have over 90 vines! Good going! :)

Thank you so much. :) I just had to share them so others could learn to appreciate how amazing they are and see that they are worth saving in their natural environments. They are such an important part of Florida IMO.

@@sharonsflorida7900 they are indeed!

Aren't they beautiful!? I just love these green guys.

@@sharonsflorida7900 yes I just got a couple shots of one this past week. The way they use their eyes is wonderful!

I know right!? Like chameleons do. You can almost see the little wheels in their brains turning as they move their eyes around taking in the information they need. lol They are so savvy. It's wonderful you got some photos too. Hopefully it's in your garden?

@@sharonsflorida7900 yes on my simpsons stopper!

That's awesome! My simpsons stopper is getting ready to bloom and I can't wait to see it and the pollinators. I wish the big box stores would sell those because they are fantastic landscape plants.

Please do that! :) Hope you get to enjoy your butterflies this weekend!

Awe thank you so much for showing me your appreciation. You are so very welcome. I was so excited to actually get video of the pollinia on the moth! It was so lucky! Many cold nights watching the orchids. I don't know how the little moths do it. I guess the intoxicating fragrance is irresistible. :)

Thank you for your kind words. Yes it is funny how we take so many things for granted. We appreciate that our Florida wildlife visitors are with us in our green space but don't usually take the time to really watch them. Yes, the little one preening was sweet and it was so enjoyable keeping company with her. Ground doves are smaller and don't really visit feeders that much although you may see them with the mourning doves once in a while. Foot color isn't really an identifying factor. Their feet and legs are usually pinkish gray but can be a dark pink. They have smaller bills and a short squared tail. They walk pretty much everywhere and in a Charlie Chaplin fashion. They are much smaller and are our smallest dove species. www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Ground_Dove/overview

Thanks for the additional info. I do see ground doves but not as often as I do the others. Thanks for the link.

I'm in Polk County.