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Why is yellow such a happy color? Rain drenched flower and a tiny honey searching butterfly. #Backyardecosystem #Raindrenched #Nature #Note8shots https://www.instagram.com/p/CFZTOd1pJES/?igshid=h5u362mh4x6e

The madness! Who says a chicken run has to be barren? These ladies take shade under and provide fertilizer for a variety of fruit trees like persimmon and cherry and native shrubs like flowering currant and thimbleberry. Outside the chicken run is a surrounding of brush, shrubs and grapevines that are taking over, literally halting the movement of the windmill. Just when I thought that the madness had gone too far, I noticed butterflies taking cover in the thicket and beautiful ladybug larvae growing bright and healthy on the leaves. Sometimes letting your garden "go" is good for setting a backyard ecosystem's foundation for beneficial bugs and food for birds. I guess I will sit back and enjoy the sunset, leaving weeding for another day.