The Robin Family part 5

My little baby Robins have flown the nest , its been such a privilege to watch this little family , I hope they all survive , be safe little ones , bye bye

The Robin Family part 4

What a difference a few days make , the baby Robins now have feathers and are obvousily being well fed !

Robin Family part 3

I looked in the watering can this morning ....and .......yes !! the little bundles of ..chicks have arrived , I didnt want to move anything in the can but I was pretty sure I could see 5 chicks , you can see 4 together in the photo with one off to the left hand side , Mum and Dad have been so busy all day flying back and forth feeding them , its a joy to watch .

Wet Wet Wet in the Garden

My Drookit Garden


Its so wet just now , cant get out to play in the garden at all so im just adding some photo's today

My first Tomatoes , yipeeee ( Tomato Tigerella )

The Lavender is looking great

Begonia in hanging bags

Charlie looks after the garden for me during the night

The hanging bags on the huts

I have made a Strawberry tower at Greenhouse door with black pots

This is the Lily I got from my neighbour

Sunburn

It was cool and overcast here yesterday so I put my 6 foot Yucca plant out at the back door for some air , I went out for a while and the sun came out in all its glory , my poor Yucca plant has serious sunburn , I've spent the morning repeatedly telling it im so very sorry , it looks awful I think im going to have to chop it right back and just hope it forgives me enough to grow again .

The Robin Family part 2

Well it looks as if we may hear the flitter flutter of tiny wings , there are at least 3 eggs in the nest , I wake up during the night at every sound I hear outside , im scared a cat gets to them , I dont care how cold Eddie feels , the bedroom window is staying open till these little Robins are safely away !!

My elderly neighbour is moving house so yesterday I raided her garden for some plants that I really like , most of them I had planted anyway as ive been looking after her garden for the past couple of years now , I will be so very sad to see her go I just hope the new neighbours like the garden I would hate to see it get into a mess , I also moved my Strawberry tower over nearer the Greenhouse as last year the birds had more Strawberries than me ! My tomato plants are growing quickly now with lots of little tomatoes appearing , its nice and warm here today but its overcast , come on sun come out to play !!

Bellis , Sweet William and Cineraria

Started off seeds for the Spring this morning , Bellis pompom , Bellis Blushing Bride , Sweet William , Viloa and Cineraria ( these look really nice , dont know how tough they are though )
Got nearly everything outside now and its all growing well , I put out just one Datura just now to see how it gets on , will keep the rest in the Greenhouse for another week to be safe .

The Robin Familee

The weather is awful ! its far too cold and the rain just doesnt stop pouring down , on the bright side we have a couple of Robins building a nest in the old metal watering can in the back garden , not the safest place to set up home im thinking but im going to follow their progress over the next few weeks and post photo's as I can , the Woodpecker has just came into the garden to see whats on the menu at Cafe Culmore today , thankfully I bought a new bag of birdfood this morning !

Cucumbers , Tomatoes and Bleeding Heart

Moneymaker

Its cold , wet and windy again ! its been okay working in the Greenhouse though , ive got loads done and its looking nice and tidy , I lifted out the table and gave the slabs a good wash with disinfectant , I put the Tomato plants im keeping inside into big pots , got the canes and water bottles in , I find its easier to water the plants with a plactic bottle shoved in at the side of them , ( bottom cut off and nozzle shoved into the compost ) stops the compost getting too wet and the water goes straight to the roots , no waste .
What a bother I had getting a cucumber plant ! I had to go to 3 different garden centres , B&Q had none at all and Homebase should have been shot for what they were trying to sell , I got one at Klondyke and it looks nice and healthy , usually I get one from my neighbour Charlie but he has been so busy this year with work he just hasnt had time and I wanted to get mine going , next year im going to grow my own , I paid £1.29 for my cucumber plant you can get a full pkt of seeds from Lidl for 39p ! the Tomato plants on sale yesterday were £1.99 ive been selling mine for 30p no wonder people have been chuffed to bits getting them from me .
Ive got my Dhalia tubers planted in the front garden and planted out the Stock , small Begonia and Nicotiana in the back garden ive got the Godetia into the window boxes and it seems to be happier , I found a bit of Bleeding heart while I was weeding so ive stuck it in a pot . I also pulled out the garden seat which has been in the Greenhouse over the winter all I need now is a bit of sunshine to be able to sit out on it ! il keep hoping .

Happy gardening .

Trailing Begonia

Tomatoes and Hanging Baskets

I dont know about you but im at a "in between " stage , everything is looking great and racing on , there's not much to do , ive just gotta let em get on with it , its still too cold at nights to get them planted outside but its far too warm during the day to keep them in the Greenhouse ! so out they all come in the morning and back they all go in the evening . The weather forcast is rain for the next 10 days ! great just what I dont need , hopefully after that the weather will settle but you can never tell in Scotland !