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I can’t begin to tell you have to make this unique scarecrow, but I sure do like it. We saw it in Door County. If you are looking for more of the Pioneer Days scarecrows, they’re coming. I’ll get them out there as soon as I can. But for now, its Dancing With The Stars time. Gotta have my priorities! Wonderful day! I bet the Garden Club and the crowd made a hundred scarecrows at Elk Grove Pioneer Days today. We were very busy making scarecrow parts and helping people build scarecrows. Mostly we spent our time smiling. What a great family event. More pics to come after I get them cleaned up, but this one was just too cute to wait.
Kids love kid sized scarecrows. We’ll see how many they make tomorrow at Pioneer Days in Elk Grove. Traditionally, we make about 100 scarecrows, and we’ve got the materials for that many this time too.
We’re thinking it’s the red visuals – two huge planters full of million bells on one side of the porch, and orangie-red cannas on the other side. Ah, and then there is the nectar. Ever-so-sweet and enticing nectar. We boil 1 ½ cups of water and add ½ cup of sugar. Some goes in the feeder. The rest goes in the fridge to be used in 2-3 days. Please change yours often too! We’ve tried before to attract hummingbirds to this same area without success in past years. We never planted red there before. So we’re figuring it’s not a rumor – red appeals to hummingbirds since they are around so much. And for your viewing pleasure (till you get your own hummingbirds) here is the rescue of a baby hummingbird on U-tube, as sent to me from Lynn: |
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What are pantyhose when they aren’t pantyhose? Why, a scarecrow of course.
So who’s cuter, Anna or her friend? Anna!!!!
Remember those alliums you had in the garden earlier this year? Cathy’s got a great shot of them here. They’ve been repurposed as scarecrow hair. Thanks for sending in this picture!
These cuties were seen perching on an Elk Grove Village porch.
Sometimes all it takes is a little color to make your scarecrow unique. The orange hair does it for this ladie’s scarecrow.
Gotta love the creativity in the design of this Door County scarecrow.
We are really enjoying the hummingbirds this year. The hummingbird feeder is right outside the window, and they don’t seem to mind us being around. How do we get hummingbirds to come to our yard? 
