December flowers are pretty thin on the ground in my Scottish garden but surprisingly I do have a few to share for this month’s Bloom Day post and for a change I am early! Carol at May Dreams Gardens must be delighted to have had so many participating blogs during this first year of her… Read More Garden Bloom Day December 2007
Tonight I have just discovered an absolutely brilliant video on YouTube of a squirrel on an obstacle course via a comment on the Friends of Nature Forum – thanks Chipmunk! I found it so entertaining that I just had to share it. Jane at My Urban Garden was considering making one – so here are… Read More Squirrel obstacle course
Almost a month ago I put out apples on my obelisk to see if any birds would feed on them. A week later and I had video footage of a female blackbird eating them. Perhaps you are wondering if I continued putting apples out and if any other birds have taken interest in them. Well,… Read More Festive Cheer!
Since posting on my visiting squirrel I have given great thought as to whether I should encourage these visits or not. So far most replies I received from the gardening message board gave tips on what to do to get rid of them like sprinkling chilli pepper around the area. I had no positive comments… Read More Decision made
As expected, my post on squirrels has caused a bit of a stir but although this is my most recent wildlife visitor by no means have I shown all the wildlife that visits my garden! I have shown birds and hedgehogs but there have been other tiny visitors that are very difficult to catch on… Read More Missing Wildlife
Well, once again wildlife has found my garden after I have put out food for the birds. The peanuts have done it again! Although I have feeders for the birds I usually only put sunflower hearts in them. I tend to scatter peanuts and sultanas on the ground often under the little Acer tree, at… Read More Grey Squirrel hides peanuts!
At a time when thoughts are perhaps looking forward to next year’s garden I thought I would promote one of my many ‘favourite plants’ I have in my garden. If you are browsing the plant catalogues perhaps this post may just tempt you to consider growing Alliums. You may need to pour up a coffee… Read More Allium accents
We have a Camera Nestbox in our garden, put up March 2007, and have been delighted to see a Blue Tit roosting in it after we cleaned it out and put some wood shavings on the floor. We had no idea of this bird or others would continue to use our box. I am delighted… Read More Still roosting
My blog contains a mixture of posts on garden plants, visiting birds and wildlife. I have resisted the temptation to write separate blogs. However, I fully understand that new readers to my blog may browse and miss posts that may be of interest. If you are browsing I hope the lists below will help given… Read More CONTENTS – November 2007
It’s Friday and a good day for a party don’t you think! I’ve got the cake, balloons and food so now all we need now are the guests and the birthday girl herself! Wildlife Gardener at Our Little Corner of Paradise celebrates her first blogging birthday today and I for one would like to thank… Read More Our Little Corner of Paradise