Early Summer Bits and Bobs.

[robo]

We have just had an horrendous storm for the last hour thunder, lightening the full works hailstones big enough to destroy all the netting over my raised beds, I think I may get in the car and go check my plot out , am I glad I closed the door on the pollytunnel it was that warm and muggy today I was tempted to leave it open

[oldherbaceous]

Strange but wonderful to see.

I built an open fronted tractor shed earlier in the year, and within a couple of weeks a Wren had built a wonderful moss nest. But the Wren didn't use it, what seemed a real shame. Then after about a week there was more nesting material being placed on top of the Wrens nest. This turned out to be a Robin, and they hatched five youngsters out that fletched a few weeks ago.
Now to my amazement, when i went into the shed today, two birds flew out. A Robin and a Wren, it is now a double nest, Wren in the bottom, Robin in the top and both have eggs in them.

I'm not sure if they will rear them sucessfully, once they start feeding, but i do hope so.

[Westi]

Wow OH! How lucky to see something so unusual!

Not seen that on Springwatch!

Westi

[Monika]

That's lovely, OH. I wonder whether the birds might become confused and stuff the caterpillars into the wrong gaping beaks!?

And Robo, I hope you found your allotment without damage when you checked.

[robo]

Hi monika, I went down last night just to check, I could not beleive it nothing damaged at all which after the storm we had I was amazed

[oldherbaceous]

That's good news, Robo.

The wrens nest is a complete ball with a hole in the middle, so hopefully the baby wrens will keep their heads inside. I will keep you posted.

[oldherbaceous]

The drought begins.........

[alan refail]

...unless you live in Scotland!

[Shallot Man]

On a slightly different note. I notice Charlie Dimmock is doing an advert on the telly. Times moved on. I notice she now wears a bra. Ah well. It come to us all, one way or another.

[alan refail]

We all need to keep abreast of the times SM

[oldherbaceous]

She tried getting my autograph many years ago!!!

[oldherbaceous]

Just been shelling a bucketful of peas, and there are a few maggots in them already. Very early and a little annoying, but these things happen.

[Monika]

Our peas are just a bit off being picked, but we have dug the first potatoes (Rocket) and they had lots of slug damage already! So I have now bought some Nemaslug and watered it all into the soil around the maincrop and late potatoes, hoping to avert any more problems.

It seems a strange year here: not many butterflies yet, but masses of bumblebees of all descriptions and ladybirds and their larvae.

[robo]

Monika ive done the same for the same reason , ive dug 3 rows of my earlies up to find them rotten and slug damaged I was very disappointed seems a waste of time planting, ive got 7 rowes of earlies left but will leave them till I get back in 3 weeks time

[oldherbaceous]

The Wren seems to have abandoned her nest of eggs, maybe it's better happening at this stage rather when they had hatched, if it was going to happen, that is.