Gardening with wildlife.

Lovely photos.
The blackbird has his own jacuzzi.
That's definitely wildlife friendly. Lol.

Fantastic Spring/Wildlife Blog Ray/Jane i love all the Photos they made me giggle along of cos with your Story line :) I wonder how many Bubbles Cyril would make after eatting all those Gassy Nuts lol :)

titter ye not....

Maybe Twiggy will have the answer to that one Jacque,and those poor babies ! Lol

Can't wait to see all the things you discover coming up in your 'lost' garden!

We dug up a building Elke..lots of glass and rubble.transformed it into a pond last April ! Keep finding bits of old pottery,and the odd glass marble . Lol

That looks a very old tree BB. Your garden is going to be a wildlife haven :o)

Bit of a worry Hywel..fruits well but the trunk is almost hollow...never mind the birds love it and as its been there for many years will let nature take its course !

Yes it would be a shame to get rid of it.

As usual lovely photographs, BB and the bubbling blackbird made me laugh. I am a bit concerned that you have lost your marbles though!

Never do that Hywel..may just have to reduce the weight of it,in time,and lop a few branches..........

Bonkers your blogs are always a pleasure to read, ............Thanks this one was lovely.....

You always give us great photos BB....lovely blog.....I'm sure your birds are as thrilled seeing you as you are them!

Let me read that again...oh yes that's right lol

Thanks Milky..after all this harsh weather was so good to get out into the garden and actually DO something.Hope y
ou got some good weather too !

I enjoyed hearing about the changes you have been making in your garden ,turning it from an almost derlict patch into a lovely garden and wildlife haven , the birds and Cyril / Twiggy obviously love sharing it with you , The photos, are brilliant , I,m sure you will find your Marbles BB .. look in Cyrils and Twiggys drey they might be sitting on them .. LOL...

Hi Janey..yes still expecting first class cuisine,and were getting increasingly fed up of our tidying up.This means nothing to them,and after a couple of hours were shaking their claws as if to say get out of here and let us continue to feed in OUR garden ! Lol

Lost them years ago Amy,but they keep popping up in unexpected places.! Cyril not been seen for 3 days...waiting to see what is going on !

You are inundated with treasures Bb,as usual loved photo,s and your comments...........

Hi Bonkers ,
Thanks for the lovely Blog and it's great that you have been able to get into the garden again and do some chores. We have so much to do in the garden, and there are signs of spring bulbs beginning to shoot. It's been lovely here today with sun and blue skies.
All best wishes to you and Jane. xx

Aww thanks Lincslass a bonkers garden but we love it .

Thank you Grenville - following your lovely blog about your bulbs we invested in some Queen of the Night tulips interspersed with pink and white tulips I forget the name of ....that ll be detention from Spritz no doubt .

They are actually sprouting and who knows we may have some flowers to share with goy members this year !

No news about the party week end ? Alans cordon bleu cooking .. details please sounds mouth watering .x x

enjoyed you blog BB....Don't look too hard for those marbles...I'm concerned your blogs will be different if you found them all. :) You folks had nice weather this weekend...we had 3 inches of snow. :( I still played in the dirt in the basement though. :)

Fantastic blog as usual BB. Love your photos and the story attached. Poor blackbird. No wonder he's an outcast.

Great photos Bonkers! Love the wren in particular. Isn't it lovely to be able to get out into the garden again, with everything being so exciting at this time of year. Plants coming up with new growth feel like old friends.

Thanks Bonkers for a great blog and lovely photos. Can't wait until the next one.

Love the Robin, Wren & Blackbird,

You have some great wildlife in your garden and lovely photos loved the ones of the wren.. the wren in my garden hops about so quickly i cant take a photo..... glad to see youve at least found one of your marbles lol......

A satisfying days gardening BB. Great pics.

Yes, it was great to get outside in the sunshine again. At last I have emptied my composted bin, evicted a rat who seemed to have taken up residence there, and mulched the clematis and various other shrubs and perennials. The bin is ready to compost the next six months prunings etc.again.

Lovely blog & photos as always, well done.

great blog again! lovely photos i like the thought of the blackbird and his own jacuzzi (hee hee)

Thank you all for your kind comments,and yes it was so good to get back out there after this long hard winter.Most of the birds are surprisingly tame now having eaten us out of house and home for months ! Wouldnt have it any other way ! Lol

I loved all the photos! You are soooo lucky to have that tree, don't get rid of it whatever you do!!!

No chance Craftnutter..a very old apple tree which fruits well and the hollow trunk is home to so much wildlife....will look after it.............

BB, your Secret Garden is fascinating! Sounds like you've both done lots of hard work getting it sorted but it must have been amazing not knowing what you were going to find.

Thanks Dawn...lots more work to do,but a garden is never finished is it ! Just keeps growing and changing.Chopped the buddleia to just 3 feet,but got rid of a lot of dead wood...plenty of new growth at base so butterflies will be able to enjoy it again this year !

It's so good to be able to get out and about again though isnt it. The butterflies will be smiling :0

So will we....not long to clocks forward....brilliant..long evenings again !

I cannot wait. The last Saturday night in March isnt it? When we change the clocks. Let's hope we have a good summer with lots of balmy evenings to enjoy - I'm not holding my breath though.

Lets hope for the best Dawn...last year was a washout,and not good for the wildlife either : (

And 2007 was just something else ....

Yes Dawn..think we are due a good one.Myth has it that a good summer follows a harsh winter so fingers crossed !!

Yes, fingers crossed x x

Great pictures

Thanks Adam..........

What a great bird condo compliments of Mother Nature.
We had snow this week but it didn't last. Didn't seem to bother my grape hyacinths peeking out to look for Spring.

Glad to see youre getting signs of spring....think its cheering everyone up....thanks so much for your comments !

I know my comments are belated but I am new to GoY so I know you'll forgive me"

Ace blog and it must be a real pleasure to 'find' so much hiding in your garden and no doubt makes every day exciting. Very good of the wildlife to let you move in eh!

Also love the humour.....one after my own heart.

Hi Oddbillie.Thank you for taking the time to trawl through our blogs! You are so right...feel proud and privileged that the wildlife feel so secure in our garden.Try to help them as much as possible..its a hard life out there !

Sometimes their expressions just lend themselves to funny captions ! Lol

You're welcome. Tis still raining here so plenty of time to keep trawling....

Same here....and strong winds too.Doesnt stop the birds though.Just been mobbed for mealworms by the robin family.Lol.