Monthly Gardening Tips

SEPTEMBER 2025 GARDENING TIPS
In the garden with Birds

A couple of weeks ago, I watched a webinar featuring Julie Zickefoose and her 88-acre property outside of Marietta, Ohio, near the West Virginia border.

One of the many things she shared was her invention of what she considers is best for birds when it comes to a water feature. warblerfall.com

With Cape May being a haven for warbler migration, we decided to make the warbler fall.
If you have accessible outdoor electricity, it is not hard to put together!

I am all in when it comes to attracting and seeing the birds that visit our yard! Today we saw our first bird visit - a local Chickadee:)) We set the ring camera on it today.

If you want to build one, you need

• An 80 GPH pump with auto shut off.
• We got a Smart Pond fountain pump at Lowe's for under 30 dollars.
• A basin 21 inches wide and 3.5 inches deep
• We used a big rubber trough we had that Tom cut down to size.
• An old hose became the edging.
• An upside-down ceramic pot and some flat stones.

The sound of the trickling water on the ground with flat rocks available to stand on makes the bath irresistible for birds.

Here is our warbler fall - a couple of colorful fall asters or mums will look nice around it for cover, but not too dense for predators to hide.

September Monthly Gardening Tip