Sodden

After a week of being frozen solid, it's now thawed and everywhere is now sodden. This means I can't get out there and finish digging, and get planting, as it's too wet and cold!

It's also pretty 'orrible tramping down the garden to do the bird feeders in the morning - at least when it was frozen the walk down to the end of the garden was pleasant, now it's like Pashendaele down there.

A new one for the bird lis

We had our first ever fieldfare in the garden this week, and it's been around for a couple of days. This is a new tick for the garden list.

Been too frozen up to do any work on the wildlife garden this week - I've got a couple of winter heathers to provide early food for bees, but I can't get 'em planted. Hopefully better weather on the way

Digging day

It's been a good digging morning here, so I've been working on the new bed by the pond, trying to get all the old roots, Vinca and ivy out. I've managed to shift most of it - leaving some Vinca and some ivy where it was actually trying to climb the fence. I've also got the late honeysuckle and the Pyracantha planted.

Found that one of the windfall apples was actually a hibernating frog - it was uninjured though it's dignity (such as frogs have dignity) was dented. There was of course a robin who took advantage of the cultivation process to look for an easy meal.

I came in this afternoon, at which point the long tailed tits showed up and spent the rest of the day hogging the bird feeders!