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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0039_01CFF2B3.15D54580 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable When we moved into our home at Portuguese Cove in 2000 we established a = flower garden and foundation plantings at the front of the house facing = due east. This area enjoys the morning sun and full sun for most of the = day. The flowers prospered as did the foundation plantings but alas the = deer also liked the flora so we were compelled to put a four foot high = page wire barrier fence around the area to keep the deer out.=20 The foundation plantings are juniper and dwarf Alberta spruce and are = extremely dense now providing excellent cover for our White-throated and = Song Sparrows. They sleep there all night safe and dry even during the = worst nor-easters. Well, the White-crowned Sparrow is no dummy so he has also moved in = here. This is also a happy circumstance for me because I can feed the = birds all winter just by dropping seed out of our row of three living = room windows. ____________________________________________________________________ Hans Toom Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada http://www.hanstoom.com http://www.hanstoom.com/blog ------=_NextPart_000_0039_01CFF2B3.15D54580 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.23588"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>When we moved into our home at = Portuguese Cove=20 in 2000 we established a flower garden and foundation plantings at the = front of=20 the house facing due east. This area enjoys the morning sun and full sun = for=20 most of the day. The flowers prospered as did the foundation plantings = but alas=20 the deer also liked the flora so we were compelled to put a four foot = high page=20 wire barrier fence around the area to keep the deer out. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>The foundation plantings are juniper = and dwarf=20 Alberta spruce and are extremely dense now providing excellent cover for = our=20 White-throated and Song Sparrows. They sleep there all night safe and = dry even=20 during the worst nor-easters.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Well, the White-crowned Sparrow is no = dummy so he=20 has also moved in here. This is also a happy circumstance for me because = I can=20 feed the birds all winter just by dropping seed out of our row of three = living=20 room windows.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2=20 face=3DArial>____________________________________________________________= ________<BR>Hans=20 Toom<BR>Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A=20 href=3D"http://www.hanstoom.com">http://www.hanstoom.com</A><BR><A=20 href=3D"http://www.hanstoom.com/blog">http://www.hanstoom.com/blog</A></F= ONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0039_01CFF2B3.15D54580--
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