Hello, and welcome to my personal blog. My name is John Spangler; I live in Versailles, Kentucky, where since June 2010 I have been growing miniature hostas in my garden, along with some of their larger siblings in deck containers. I am a member of The American Hosta Society and the Greater Cincinnati Daylily-Hosta Society and have been accredited by the AHS as a provisional hosta show judge.

In addition to observations on my own hosta garden and links to numerous hosta-related websites, this blog will include occasional posts on other interests of mine. I hope that you find something interesting and useful here and encourage you to grow hostas, the Friendship Plant -- particularly miniature hostas. Good things do come in small packages!


Feel free to leave comments on blog entries or to e-mail me at JMSinKY@aol.com

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Two New Species Added to Backyard Bird List

This morning I have seen two new birds to add to My Backyard Birdlist -- the brown-headed cowbird and the downy woodpecker. These two are the first to be added since October of last year and bring the species count up to 16.


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