A day after posting the latest update the garden saw another arrival,
this time of the human variety and our second daughter.
Bizarrely a rose that emerged at the time our first daughter was born
suddenly emerged again this week.
The rose plant hasn’t really grown in six years, but occasionally
produces a lovely flower. Nature has a funny way of showing us things and while
it’s likely to be coincidence, I’d like to think the garden was in some way
saying congratulations.
With warm weather continuing to bathe the garden, the plants are
reacting with growth spurts, albeit once I’ve provided enough water.
The blackbirds, house sparrows, tree sparrows, blue tits, great
tits and robins are now fairly regular visitors to the garden, with most still
appearing to have young, either in the nest or having recently fledged.
I’ve not seen many youngsters recently, but I’ve heard lots of
chattering in the trees and bushes with parent birds appearing to be flying rapidly
between the food sources in my garden and the fledglings in the canopy.
The swallow numbers have continually grown and this is most evident
during the period just after dawn and early evening.
With shorter tails it’s easy to identify the youngsters from this year,
but with plenty of them and the speed in which they all fly together, counting
how may there are is almost impossible.
I've also seen a few house martins around and occasionally swifts – both of which I've seen in previous years and I know nest nearby – so I'm hoping this is a good sign that breeding has been good for them this year.
The slug and snail invasion is showing no sign of slowing down. The casualties mount up daily, although I do try and put live ones in our recyclable green waste bin so they can be ‘relocated’.
I’m hoping to have my first crop harvested this week, which will be the broad beans. It’s hard to tell when they’re exactly right to pick, but I’m looking forward to creating some dishes with them as a key ingredient.
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