Beckenham nature and garden watch
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Hefty.
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dickensman
Thanks Nick for the removal of the rubbish painters number.
I haven’t seen the feisty robin in some days I expect he has become hawk or cat food
I have blackbirds, great tits and blue tits in the garden as regular visitors, but the other day there were four Jays in the tree at the bottom of the garden and a couple of magpies keep dropping in, it seems there are more predators than prey these days.
nick
dickensman thanks for the painter recommendation that will be useful in the future
Its pretty cold in the garden at the moment, the frost has taken it’s toll with many of my plants, hoping they’re surviving under the dead leaves.
I’ve had Squirrels dominating the garden recently, hanging by their back legs to eat seed out of the hanging bird feeder. I lengthened the cable to make it half a meter below the tree but they soon learned how to ‘skydive’ on to the feeder and catch on to it. They sit with their back legs and tail hanging out and eat themselves silly then fall ungainly onto the ground below.
I was given and nest box and feeder for xmas so need to find good spots for them.
Apart from that, only bluets, pigeons and magpies in the garden this week.
Some good tips
I have just built a large holder for leaves to make leaf mould, it’s created differently to compost so needs it’s own spot.
I have another holder for all the sticks and bamboo that I shred, this ends up as mulch .
And of course two free composters, in some areas you just have to pay for delivery > http://www.getcomposting.com
The last two years I have been growing the giant Chilean Rhubarb plant Gunnera, it’s getting quite big now my leaves are half a meter across. This is a critical time of year for it though as you have to cover the hearts of the plant before to first frost.
I’m watching the forecasts.This is my partner Alice sitting under the huge Gunnera at the Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall, when I saw these, I had to have a go at growing them, I bought three and so far all are alive. I’ve had to irrigate them on a timer as they like to have wet roots. If all three grow as big as this I’ll be in right trouble
The photos I was hoping to put on this thread will have to wait another couple of weeks until my daughter gets her act together I should be able to do it myself from then on, well that’s the theory anyway.
I want to get pictures during the day not at night using the flash facility as she suggested
I have to get pictures of the goldfish in the stainless steel water tank they swim around in.
They were the size of a finger nail when first put in to eat the larvae of mosquito’s, but now they are about six inches long if you include a long flowing tail.I have two rainwater tanks one beneath each of the shed down pipes.
They are about two metres long and four feet deep but only 21 inches wide as that was the maximum width to get down the side entrance.
I had them made before I went on to a water meter my water charges then were £750.00 pa now the costs via the meter was £89.00
I could not believe the difference just in the first year, even with purchasing the two tanks I was quids in, and also its on going.
Hooray and happy days!The company who made them: MJR fabrications 01707 646 825 ask for Danny or Martin.
They can cut, bend, weld, and will deliver for a fee.
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