WHAT JOBS ARE WE DOING IN THE GARDEN TODAY - 2017

More nest making.

 

Just moved my mini allotment after realising the beans will soon outgrow that space, so reverted to Plan B.

They *may* come back, but, my thoughts are they may not take up residence in your boxes (as beautiful as they are too; great job!) because - and I may be wrong here - part of their relationship building is through house building. Each year they return here it is to a devastated old nest; then, the work begins repairing it, laying a clutch of eggs, repairing it, as one clutch fledges, more repairs, another clutch and the first fledglings help with the next clutch too. Yours are so solid, there won't be any "repairing" to be done. I'll keep my they work as my comments are only based on the past 3 years of observations and I could easily be mistaken

Healing vibes winging their way to you toppers

 

More weeding, sprayed toms and spuds with Bordeaux mixture while drinking Cabinet Sauvignon

Pea frame is growing nicely

Put the first 10 tomatoes in the decimator, reaching 44C in the sun


Sprayed the cat off

 

Awww thank you lovely @"M" getting there!

 

Oh, bought a new Cactus too

 

Thanks M, they was looking for a place to nest I could tell with there behaviour looking under the eaves,

If the nest boxes would have been there this morning it might have encourage them to build new nest/repair what's there.

Chances are they now will have chosen another place to nest, they haven't returned to build, the hole point is to encourage them whether they use the box/not,

I'm quite clued up with birds ive studied them for over 40 yrs now, plants/gardening is a different matter

 

What's that "decimator" @Zigs? Is it for sundried tomatoes etc????

 

Yes, but we're talking House Martins here my lovely, not the bleached blonde, two legged kind with bazookas up their jumpers

It is a dehydrator contraption

 

I like the idea of it-i love sundried/sunblushed tomatoes more than fresh tomatoes.

 

now where talking

 

Yep

Sundried on a rainy day, makes my soul, makes my soul, trip trip away

 

Reet....going to look up an andrew james decimator

Was trying to stop spending...but its a must have tool i think.

 

Mine cost £25 but is out of stock on Amazon at the mo. Can't use it on my 12 volt system as it trips the inverter, but it's working fine on a concrete block in the greenhouse