27th February 2025I'm enjoying the photography opportunities in the woodland, with both the flowers and and sun sets. Here's one clump of...
From what I can see, they have all sprouted and are between two and four inches tall at present.
25th February 2025I was back out in the garden for a while yesterday and noticed the first crocuses are out in the pot next to the workshop....
Slates and plant life aren't a great mix. When we moved house, the new house had a small wood, edged around the outside with slate. All sorts of...
I hadn't given it any thought, but it's a work in progress! After spending around £75 on the Snowdrops, Bluebells and Daffodils last Autumn, I...
For the first time since the start of the month, there was no activity on the trailcam overnight. I was surprised, as the fox has been a regular...
This morning, I moved the bird table camera to another branch, giving a view across the table, rather than down. It's a bit harder to reach into...
It's taken the pigeons over two weeks to realise that there was seed on the table. Until recently, they have just been picking up seed from the...
The bird table camera is a Go-pro type camera, but with a 30fps frame rate, birds flying in or out are blurred. Of the smaller birds that have...
22nd February 2025Garden life on the two cameras varies between busy and almost nothing! I haven't seen any pattern to the activity. I've taken...
I moved the trailcam further down the wood a few days ago, to get some different views. The fox seems very curious about the bird table. It's not...
15/16th February 2025Lynne and I had a wander around the garden yesterday, discussing plans for the garden for this year. Stuff that needs...
Must be just the close up capture, as he looks normal sized in the videos, sitting on the bird table! Compare that part of the tree with the cat...
9th February 2024We've also just bought another bird feeder, this time hanging on the tree on the outside of the woodland. This one we can see...
While out checking on the camera, I noticed another group of Snowdrops, right in line with the central woodland exit. These will need digging up...
8th February 2025The trailcam was busy again on the night of the 7th into 8th, with a local cat, a very athletic mouse and the fox. The camera,...
Not looking so great is one of the Hebe's planted at the bottom of the lawn in July ( top left ). Half of it looks rather dead, while the left...
4th February 2025Over the past couple of days, I've been making a bird feeding table for the woodland. It was fitted this morning. It's roughly...
Yes and no! Glad to be rid of the dust and mess, but completion of that means the lawn edging job is next on the cards and I know there's a lot of...
1st February 2025There are also lots more shoots appearing in the woodland, another sign that Spring is coming. I've noticed Snowdrops and...
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