Regular taking of photos and posting on what’s in flower in the garden from month to month gives a great overview of the garden on a yearly basis too. Even without keeping a blog it is a great way of keeping a record. Last year’s video for April 2008 showed the plants were behind those… Read More Garden Blooms April 2009
… I‘ve used this blog title before back in May 2007. Blue tit chicks were hatching in our Camera nextbox. This was our first nestbox with a camera, our first season with it too and we were very lucky to see this. Sadly the eight chicks didn’t make it but you can read this nestbox… Read More One week on…
… and not garden watching either! We have been kept occupied ‘hutch’ watching and I’m not talking about Hedgehog Manor this time. It has been fascinating stuff. Now, I wonder if you can guess what we have been watching. We have good news and bad news. Let’s get the bad, the sad news, out of… Read More Not Easter bunnies…
Hey presto… a few glorious days of warm sunshine at this time of year and the sleepy garden of the past few months is no more. Happy smiling faces all around. Mm… but the one below is actually a gate crasher to the party of bulbs dancing in my lawn! Now the big question is… Read More Wakey wakey, rise and shine
… no, I am not referring at all to the practical jokes played before noon on the 1st of April! Nope… instead I’d like to wish everyone born on April the 1st a very Happy Birthday!!! Why? Well… because I can… and because I am an April Fool myself! So how about a Birthday song… Read More Those April Fools…
For anyone, from the record breaking over half a million people from the UK, who took part with the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch in January 2009 the results are now out. I am guessing these lists may be of interest to others in Europe and other parts of the world too. Below I have listed… Read More Top 10 UK Garden Birds 2009
…the hogs are about! Mm… so where’s the connection between hogs and snowdrops? I wonder if you can guess. Yep… this week I made return visit to the Cambo Snowdrops but this time to do a ‘spot of shopping’. Oh… but I just had to take my camera again and this time I didn’t go… Read More Look out, look out…
Oh… I do believe its time for a video with an upbeat tempo tonight! Yep… its Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day today and I have some ‘proper’ flowers in my garden! No easy listening tonight… let’s hear it for these long awaited flowers!Oh yes… and I should mention the Blue tit pair who accompanied me as… Read More Blooming Special
Just a quick note for all regular and new readers alike – I will be back to posting very soon. I certainly haven’t got bloggers block! There’s just a lot going on at the moment. I’m sure all bloggers have this from time to time and my family does have to come first so I’m… Read More Back soon
What clues does he look for? The mood board begins. Warmer days… tick. Sunny days… tick. Bulbs coming into flower… tick. Birds singing their little hearts out to attract mates… tick. The search for clues continues… Weeds reappearing under plants, through gravel and in borders… tick. Sunshine replaced by rainfall then followed by sunshine has… Read More Inspector Spring