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Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 12:50 pm
by Tigger
As I was sat in a queue of traffic this morning, on the outskirts of Walsall, I saw a Thrush having her breakfast.
As the numbers have fallen, it was lovely to see her in such a built up area.
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 1:02 pm
by oldherbaceous
Dear Tigger, i'm starting to wonder if there are more Thrushes in built up areas than in the Country.
We have very few round here.
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:56 pm
by Clive.
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:11 pm
by oldherbaceous
The photos of the cherry blossom make for a beautiful sight, as for the wood boring, it's got to be a wood boring beetle.
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:31 pm
by Clive.
oldherbaceous wrote: it's got to be a wood boring beetle.
With a VW engine I reckon.
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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 6:03 pm
by Clive.
Not my photo this time...colleague Paul captured this one of the Greater Spotted Woodborer.
... Much better zoom on his camera than mine...taken from standing on a bench behind a Yew hedge..
Clive.
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 6:24 pm
by oldherbaceous
Nature never fails to amaze me how cruel it can be, all that hard work the boring bettle had done,then along came the woodpecker, pinched his home and has probably eaten him as well.
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 9:57 pm
by Chantal
How did you know the beetle was boring? OH Was he perhaps a civil engineer beetle?
Lovely photo Clive
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 10:20 pm
by Tiltonblue
I am too really keen to get going, but the weather keeps pushing me back, but i do manage to get at least one job done each day.
I'm 52 years old, have two grand children, but this veggie gardening makes me feel like a 10 year old with a new computer game.
The picture is of my little plot at the bottom or the garden, the onions and shallots are in, the bean frame has been built, i have two big tubs called bill and ben, these now have carrots and radishes in. I have put a little path round the raised plot. There is also a net in place over the patch, and the potatoes are going in at the weekend. Oh and my leeks are doing just nicely, and will soon have to be planted into little pots.
And, i have staked out two further raised beds 5 mtrs x 1.2 mtrs, on the understanding that "she who must be obeyed" gets my first plot to do some fruit bushes next year.
This veggie gardening really makes you feel young. Why didnt i do it years ago.
Mike
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 10:33 pm
by donedigging
Hi Tiltonblue,
Your site looks great, best of luck with your harvest,
keep us all informed on how you get on.
We all love to see pics of what everyone is up to
Happy gardening
donedigging
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