Are you a Fuchsia fan? Do you like to share plants and cuttings? As Autumn winds and cooler temps hit my part of the UK, Autumn scenes bring vibrant colour to the landscape. As I look out my window tree branches are becoming barer by the hour. In our gardens Fuchsias are also well known… Read More Fuchsia alert amidst Autumn scenes
I don’t need to. I turn on my tap and have safe, clean drinking water. My tiny plot has enough rainfall for my plants, visiting birds and wildlife too. We do see some dry spells here but at the worst… I get yellowish looking grass. Over the winter months I don’t have the luxury of… Read More In search of water
Nope… my back garden window view of Autumn leaves on my small domed Acer is the first thing I see when I open the curtains just now. It’s changing day by day. Easy to miss though is the photo opportunities when birds perch on this main crown branch. I’d need to be watching all day… Read More Easy to miss
There has been no shortage of birds visiting my garden recently. Juvenile Goldfinches are still the birds of the moment. Perhaps I should sit down and do a bird count for an hour at the weekend. Lol… the odds are that it will be strangely quiet then 😉Back at the end of January I was… Read More Top 10 UK Garden Birds 2010
Ah… bright blue skies and early morning sunshine at this time of year is very welcome. Standing below my Acer this morning, I could see the cooler winds have taken their toll on the golden leaves. They are beginning to drop now. Clicking on images will enlarge them. This Acer (palmatum ‘Sango-kaku’) shown above is… Read More Autumn watching again
… seals and fungi. Destination: Tenstsmuir beach and forest on the east coast of Scotland, just north of St Andrews in Fife. Yesterday, after an enjoyable late lunch at the picnic area beside the car park we headed through the forest…Dabbled sunshine highlighted sap running out a mature pine tree and before we were even… Read More Wandering, hoping to catch sight of…
… tree leaves were showing no signs of changing colour. Now half way through September things are set to change especially with cooler gusty days. On Sunday a visit to Edinburgh Botanical Gardens gave us a little taster of Autumnal scenes to come. Taking photos, it also reminded me how I absolutely love the shapes… Read More Garden visits, back in August…
“This blog contains way too much chat, photos and video on garden plants, birds and wildlife. It also goes wandering on visits to gardens and nature reserves! There are cameras and links everywhere… are you brave enough to browse? I hope so :-D”Under the heading ‘A GARDENWATCH WARNING’ in my sidebar, at present, this is… Read More Visitors beware…
What’s the approximate life span of a Goldfinch? Have you photos to enter the RHS or The BBC Countryfile Photographic competitions? Sorry deadlines are a bit close here.An online search last night for dried mealworm prices took me to Haith’s where I bought live mini mealworms for a feeder when Blue tits were feeding young… Read More Competitions: August 2010
For sometime now I have wondered this. At this time of year with the garden full of lush foliage the reality is that hedgehogs are very well camouflaged. Being predominately brown in colour they blend in beautifully with any exposed soil below plants. During the day we can see that our garden plants attract many… Read More Are hedgehogs still visiting?