Picking up Leaves - 18/10/2015

The arrival of Autumn signals the start of the neverending task of clearing the garden of fallen leaves.  

Keeping on top of this ensures that any leaves that have fallen into the pond are removed quickly to avoid them decomposing and turning the water stagnant.

With a huge tree hanging over the garden

there is always plenty to pick up each day!

My cat seems to enjoy

watching me hard at work.

Saturday in the Garden - 16/5/2015

Tadpoles grazing on the algae

Pond Project #2

Wildlife Pond Project #1

Leaves on the tree at last

Mealworms for the birds

Starling discovers the mealworms

Starling taking interest in me with my camera

Sunflower hearts,
a favourite with the birds

Peanut Feeder,
finally being used by the Tits

Pigeons foraging for food

No wonder this feeder

 is going down so quickly

Pigeon checking it's all clear

before having a drink from the pond

Post drink Pigeon

Pigeon has spotted our cat

Figgy saw off the Pigeons

As you can see,
Figgy isn't camera shy!

Figgy standing guard again

A Day in the Garden - 16/4/2015

We spent today in the garden having a tidy up.

Our cat isn't feeling too well at the minute,

so he stayed close to home and sat in the sun.

And stood guard over the tadpoles too.

I took the decision to remove some

Yellow Flag Iris from the little wildlife pond.

It wasn't something I really wanted to do

but the plants have taken over this little pond.

It looks a little bare again now.

Cat Time - 06/4/2015

For some strange reason my cat prefers to

drink from the pond rather than from his bowl.

When it gets warmer 

he'll sleep where he's sitting right now.

I hope he leaves the froglets alone!