#tasseling

Friday's harvest:

The view from the seating area in the backyard garden:

Looks to the left:

Look to the right:

Our corn is starting to tassel:

Just a house sparrow taking a bath:

A running water feature is the second best thing you can put of to attract birds to your yard:

Saturday's harvest:

Adventures in dog walking - blurry bat photo edition. I think this is my best photo of a bat yet. Based solely on what bats are most common in our area, it is probably a Little Brown or a Tricolored bat (aka an Eastern Pipistrelle as they were formerly called... I still call them that because it is the common name I learned growing up & because I just enjoy saying "pipistrelle"):

9 – Spoon Fed to the Corn Crop Through Fertigation in USA | AgroNews

The days of applying a growing season’s worth of nitrogen either before or at corn planting can now be officially declared history. Yes, a foundation of fall- or spring-applied nitrogen is necessary to meet the nutrient needs for an emerging corn crop. But research and practical experience have also established that when nitrogen in any form is applied in higher quantities, varying amounts will…