<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN' 'http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd'>; <html><head><title>Article Directory Online : Free Online Article Submission - Articleonlinedirectory | When Lettuce Stalks Go To Seed</title></head><body><h3>When Lettuce Stalks Go To Seed</h3><br /><br />By: <br /><br /><p>The health of our gardens depends so much on the birds that we should do everything possible to attract them. This may be done with but little effort by planting certain flowers that attract them. Cosmos will bring droves of goldfinches and kinglets all through the summer From the time the first blossoms open the finches will watch for them to go to heed, and they will come every day to inspect the prospective crop.<br /> <br /> Sunflowers, either the giant variety, or the dainty fluffy type, will draw a number of birds to feast on the seeds. The list includes nuthatches, titmice, finches, jays and woodpeckers, to name a few at random, and not a seed will be missed, we discover, if by chance we go out to gather a few for planting another year. But seeds are inexpensive, and so we do not begrudge them even the ones we had planned on gathering ourselves.<br /> <br /> Stalks of lettuce if allowed to stand will go to seed, which is another inducement for the seed-eaters to watch carefully over the garden, incidentally picking up a myriad of insects from ground, plant, vine and tree.<br /> <br /> Not until May have all the old favorites returned. May and June are the busiest of all the months for oar birds, with the time filled to the utmost with domestic duties and great responsibility. Musical competition is keen in the marshy places in early April. For while the red-wings are building their nests and trying to outdo one another with song, the bogs are also ringing with the song of countless little frogs, or spring peepers.<br /> <br /> All day long they sing, and far into the night; long after the redwing's voice is still. The singing of the frogs is one of Nature's loveliest musical demonstrations, and one that passes all too quickly. Year after year we look forward with great anticipation to the first songs of our old favorites, and the thrill of hearing them is never diminished, no matter how many the seasons we have listened to them.<br /> <br /> Early April finds the flowers of the woodlands coming on in swift succession. Some blooming on for a few weeks, and others passing so swiftly that we may miss their blossoms entirely if our excursions to the woods are spaced too many days apart. Especially is this true of the dainty Twinleaf, with its oblong, purple-tinted buds that open into white flowers resembling very much the blossoms of Bloodroot.<br /> <br /> Spring Beauties that blossom so profusely in open, sunny places, perhaps bloom over a longer period than any of the spring wild flowers. We find them all through April, and on well into May. Toothwort, Marsh Marigolds, Dutchman's Breeches, Adder Tongue; followed by Trillium, Buttercups, May-apple and Wild Geranium, to name but a few. Middle May comes Flea bane and Wild Mustard in profusion, which begins to mark the passing of the deep woods flowers, and the beginning of the bloom of open fields that hold sway in great numbers, and an ever changing variety until the frosts of next fall put an end to outdoor blossoms.<br /> <br /> And so, lie these few nature notes, we find the months of spring tilled with birds, songs and flowers.</p> <br /><br /><b>Author Resource:-></b> You may not always get what you want, but you can find what you need on <a href=http://www.plant-care.com/star-jasmine-i809.html>How To Care For Star Jasmine</a>. Join us at http://www.plant-care.com/star-jasmine-i809.html.<br /><br /><b>Article From</b> <a href='http://www.articleonlinedirectory.com/'>Article Directory Online : Free Online Article Submission - Articleonlinedirectory</a><br /></body></html>
