Each fall we leave the coneflowers alone in the garden hoping that finches will come by and get a nice meal. Until last week we had not had a finch visit. Well that all changed as a lone American Goldfinch wandered by and quickly took a liking to dried, but full of seeds, Coneflowers.
nature has no boss 
How wonderful! Your patience has paid off.😀
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Hi and it does seem to have worked and this little goldfinch actually enjoyed the seeds to boot. Hope your well and wishing you a wonderful week.
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A nice photo!
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Thanks.
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You’re welcome.
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What a great choice to leave them as they are when the flowers dry up!
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I think we read about leaving the seed heads on in a gardening magazine once.
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Great idea!
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Goldfinches are the reason to leave your garden alone through the winter. Plenty of time to clean up come March, but ‘messy’ means life or death for many creatures!
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And we do really enjoy messy…
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