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Urban Safari : Birdfeeding in a snowstorm

March 11, 2013 // 0 Comments

Putting out food for our feathery friends is a great way to bring some life to the RainyDayGarden during the dead of Winter. This is especially important (to the birds) [...]

First Real Snow Storm 2012

December 30, 2012 // 0 Comments

The dusting on Christmas Eve was wonderful, but it didn’t really count as a snow storm. Last night’s 2-inches of the heavy white stuff, while not significant by [...]

Cole’s Wild Bird Feed FirstUse

December 29, 2012 // 0 Comments

We got a shipment of Cole’s Wild Bird Feed for the RainyDayGarden just before the Holidays. As the temperature had been relatively warm, we had been putting out just [...]

Urban Safari: Happy Thanksgiving Turkeys!

November 20, 2012 // 0 Comments

We know that, like us, many of you are looking forward to a Thanksgiving feast with turkey as the main course. We know turkeys are tasty, but we also want to remind folks [...]

IKEA Socker Greenhouse

September 3, 2012 // 0 Comments

Every RainyDayMagazine reader knows that IKEA is the “go to” place for quality, inexpensive home funishings. Because IKEA designs its products to be [...]

Urban Safari: Hummingbird at the FPZ

July 16, 2012 // 0 Comments

We are trying to entice hummingbirds to the RainyDayGarden. A few weeks ago, we got a couple of beautiful glass feeders from our favorite garden-gear [...]

Hummingbird Feeder Install

July 6, 2012 // 0 Comments

As we wanted to capture proof of any hummingbird visits, we needed to not just place our new hummingbird feeders where they could be seen, but also where we could quickly [...]

Mini-Blossom Hummingbird Feeder FirstLook

June 29, 2012 // 0 Comments

When we were out in L.A., we saw hummingbirds everywhere. As we had never seen them in Boston, we always assumed that they were warm-weather birds. The topic [...]

Urban Safari: FPZ in the Spring

June 4, 2012 // 0 Comments

We  started our Urban Safari series on January 1st at the Franklin Park Zoo (FPZ). We went back in early March and again at the end of May. It was interesting to see [...]
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