maybe the foxes have taken over from the cleaning fairies, who i,m convinced must be on strike,judging by the layer of dust that i spotted in the lounge last night.
How lovely to have foxes though.
Peanut feeders possibly less popular now that there is an alternative of worms and bugs, but also a lot of them are feeding babys now, so need something more easy to collect several pieces of in their beak in one go. peanuts are difficult because they have to peck and collect at the same time. Peanuts can choke the babys,so taking them out of the feeders isnt an option either,You might have to just dump the ones in there now or they will go mouldy also bad for them.
On the plus side the ones with small enough holes you can refill with the suet and fruit/mealworm pellets so they dont have to be redundant over the summer.
Scruffy and partner have a nest of babies in next doors garage -so its a quick hop over the roof when they hear the back door open -and they have no issues whatsoe- ever with continuous begging.
Overall the garden is looking quite good now - I,m halfway through planting up my second vertical pallet planter.The strawberry one is romping away very happilly. This one has the sole purpose
of further disguising the controversial neighbours wall, and is in a very shaded area so quite restricted in plant choice.- My genius idea was to use ferns - until i saw the price of ferns.I did buy 3 online, but theyre ridculousely small - so i have moved on to idea number 2 which is to mix them with hostas -considerably cheaper - especially if it all goes wrong. I had two sitting in pots that have already gone in, They do look pretty good, so this weekend could be cheap hosta hunting on the cards.
Meanwhile back in the house, ceiling is boarded -just needs plaster to skim over them and smooth walls into something mildly resembling flat then onto phase 2.The floor has huge yorkshire stone slabs, but its not looking like i,m going to be able to restore them too any decent standards, - so regrettfully they will probably have to be covered up again. I wont make them worse by sticking anything down though. perhaps in the future some-one with more money and skill might be able to sort them out.
Its so easy to ignore the house when there is the garden though -perhaps i really will get one of those eco camping cabins and then just buy a garden to move it into.