Gardening

[Bluechip]

    

Spring is sprungling ... maybe.

Snowdrops, well, one and a bit snowdrops anyway, flowering.   

 

Dave

[Flyboy Jim]

   

Spring is sprungling ... maybe.

Snowdrops, well, one and a bit snowdrops anyway, flowering.   

 

Dave

That works for me Dave. If I looked closely in my garden here, I'm sure I'd see daffodills starting to come up.

Jim

[Jo]

Well done       

The only plant I can counter you with is a primrose. I have a few Daffs that are progressing well but no where near flowering 

Jo

[AVTUR]

I havn't noticed the daffodil heads poking through the grass yet but I did plant a Hawthorn tree just before Christmas.

AVTUR

[Jo]

One of the pitfalls of gardening is finding injured birds  this little fella had flown into a window so I had to recover it before a cat  became interested.

It was a bit cold so I made the mistake of warming it up in my hands. Did it want to go  I tried enticing it to step off with a load of peanuts and sunflower hearts. I had a new friend, to underline the fact it pooped on me, twice I attempted to put it safely in a box to warm up so I could do something and  it didn't like that, sitting in my warm hands was preferred. A blue tit sitting on your hand means you cannot do anything 

Two attempts to get it to recover in the bush resulted in me caving in when I saw it shivering and bringing it back in  the third time I managed to get it to sit in the bush and it finally re-joined the flock 

Did I mention how LOUD the flock of blue/great tits are 



And as for the pheasants, I have not even thought about planting anything out and they are there already waiting

Jo

[Craig DeShong]

You’re just a softie at heart, Jo.

I’m comparing up your weather to ours here in Raleigh, NC.  Two inches of snow; a rather rare event.

[RReid]

A cross-stitch done from that picture of the bird-in-hand would be fantastic. 

[Zephyrin]

lovely picture of this little tit, and an happy ending !

[Jo]

A couple more pictures of my little friend. The second is me trying to get it to hold on to the twig and it gave me an indication of what it thought of that 

I think it survived as one of the Blue Tits that visit in the flock is remarkably braver than the others 

Jo

[wagnmkr]

Glad to hear that the wee thing recovered and was able to rejoin the gang!

No gardening or even thoughts of gardening with a couple of feet of snow and -30c temps lately. Warmer today ... around the -16c mark.

[tghs]

well some of my little free time has been taken up here lately,, rest of the mesh should go up sat. morning and then plants and seeds in the new raised beds..

[Jo]

Nice beds  and I like the look of that fence.  I could do with something like that fence to keep the deer and the pigeons off my veggie patch.

Jo

[tghs]

that's 8ft deer fence, we are expanding the yard fence so enough was ordered to replace the garden fence,, the original garden fence was 4x4s post and netting, it was the original first line of defense.. in the summer here the difference between inside the fence compared to outside is like jungle vs desert.. before the fence 6-18 deer in the the yard was the normal..

[crueby]

Needs a sign on the fence:

Sorry DEER, the salad bar is closed!

[A7er]

Last week I had to wear a sun hat with neck protection whilst gardening, today a heavy coat and thermal bobble hat. I am in Cornwall, UK.