Beth and Daz's Garden Blog

We’re getting lots of little creatures in the garden now that it’s getting warmer.

The garden seems to be looking different everyday with lots of new growth everywhere. I love this time of year! Today I’ve planted corgette and squash seeds, carrots and broad beans.

The onions are poking through

Purple sprouting brocolli – such great colours!

Pretty little acacia leaves

Beautiful red twisted hazel

Lovely helper cat

One of the good things about chickens is that they’re weed munching machines!

Peas growing amongst the flowers

Purple sprouting brocolli. There are onions planted to the left of these but they’ve not poked up through the soil yet.

I am really enjoying all the colour that is popping up everywhere in the garden at the moment.

Tyres can be pretty!

For the past few weeks we’ve had a steady stream of starlings and wood pigeons munching on the mealworms and fat-balls on the bird feeder. That’s not much of a variety considering what we see flying around the area, so we thought we’d try some different foods on it.

This week have had several new types of birds munching on the “Suet Pellets with Wild Berries” and “wild bird seeds”!

I’ve tried to photo the different birds, but it’s quite difficult – most of them zoom in and out really quickly on their little food raids. Some hang about for photos though…

Rock Dove/Rock Pigeon

Initially I thought it was a standard wood pigeon, but it’s slightly different! Their bodies are a bit whiter and have stripey wing tips.

Coal Tit

These little guys have been munching the seeds out of the feeder. I think I need a bigger zoom lens for them!

Jackdaw

Recognisable by it’s distinctive shiny grey/black coat and blue/white eye

Robin

We’ve seen this in the trees/bushes in the alley behind our house several times now, but never in our garden. Until now.

Blackbird

They’re black birds with yellow beaks.

Lots more crocuses (croci?!) are flowering now

The hens are enjoying their new freedom, the cats are still not sure what to make of them!

Betsy is the boss. They’re all settling in well and enjoying pecking stuff.