Good Morning Early Birds!

[waterboatman]

Friday. It's stopped raining! Wonderful. I hope it stays dry for the Hospice Summer Walk this evening. I won't hold my breath though!

Just a bit pf shoplifting to do today, going to Wotton-under-Edge to my favourite organic shop.

Have a happy day everyone.

[TonyV]

Morning Boaty still murky in Leicestershire bit damp outside and barometer still low. Met office looks as though its going to get brighter tomorrow, we will have to wait and see. Of to community garden this morning where I volunteer, our open day on 6th July, which is a bit earlier than normal, so lots of prep to do.

[waterboatman]

Morning Tony. I hope it stays dry for you. I like to see a nice garden. But I'm not a gardener, that was Vera's domain, she kept it beautiful.

[TonyV]

Yes if weather does change and is dry we can get on with our own garden, will do Jen good to get outside and she can tell me what to do lol.
At community garden, I suppose I fit into role as handyman, there is always something to do. Think today's project is to make a "bee hotel" from a fence post by drilling various size holes in it then "planting" the post.

[TonyV]

Will be a busy few weeks for me, need to make some bird boxes for sale at open day, and hanging baskets and window boxes to plant up at home. Normally have some trailing tomatoes in one, do not know the variety but they are about the size of a marble and very sweet.

[waterboatman]

That sounds like a grand job, I have a bee hotel I made years ago from bamboo. I gets used every year. Two nest boxes I put up years ago are occupied by sparrows. I love watching them come down to the feeding table and taking food back to the little ones in the boxes.

[TonyV]

I had some blue tits in bird box this year amazing how busy parents are collecting food. I keep thinking about making bird box with wireless CCTV attached so I can stream pics to my laptop.

[waterboatman]

Good idea.

I love watching them, and the little one's first attempts at flying can be funny!

[TonyV]

Very quiet here this morning.

[waterboatman]

Yes, it is. I think they are being sensible and are still tucked up in bed.

[TonyV]

Im not good at identifying birds, but there is a pair at my bird feeder at the moment one feeds while the other stays on look out duty then visa versa.

[TonyV]

Problem for me is once I am awake, im awake cannot go back to sleep, wish I could.

[waterboatman]

Same here. I can't remember the last time I had a lie in.

I get all sorts on the bird table. On warm, and dry, evenings I like to sit out the back ans watch them feeding and then going back into the hedge, then the other one comes out to feed. Once the wee ones have been given the order of the boot, the parents often feed together. The wee ones usually find a home in another part of the hedge. It's like an avian village!

[dannyk13]

Good morning all.

[waterboatman]

Morning danny.

[johnny.5]

Good Morning
One And All
And Isn't It
A Beautiful Morning ?

Am I Right ?
I'm Not Wrong !

[TonyV]

Years ago we had leylandi (excuse spelling) trees along one side of the garden and they were a bit like that but they got out of hand and are now just stumps.

[johnny.5]

weather still damp and grey here boaty

[johnny.5]

the Ashby Magne
midsummer steam rally and country fair has been cancelled for this weekend :'(

[TonyV]

Morning Danny and Johnny.

[waterboatman]

Morning johnny. Raining again here now.

Those laylandii are not good, they just don't stop growing.